The BBC reprimands a morning-show host for saying a racist comment by Donald Trump made her furious: “Our audiences should not be able to tell from BBC output the personal opinions of our journalists.”
“Our simple definition, for the purposes of the wiki, is that ‘truth’ is something generally believed by people in a position to know, that are likely to tell the truth.”
“My sense is that what we have here is a feedback loop. Does media attention increase a candidate’s standing in the polls? Yes. Does a candidate’s standing in the polls increase media attention? Also yes.”
As algorithms play an ever-larger role in how we get news and information, it’s important to realize the ways that bias — intentional or not — can seep into their decisions. Nicholas Diakopoulos
Diakopoulos, Nicholas. "Nick Diakopoulos: Understanding bias in computational news media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Dec. 2012. Web. 23 Oct. 2019.
APA
Diakopoulos, N. (2012, Dec. 10). Nick Diakopoulos: Understanding bias in computational news media. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 23, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/12/nick-diakopoulos-understanding-bias-in-computational-news-media/
Chicago
Diakopoulos, Nicholas. "Nick Diakopoulos: Understanding bias in computational news media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 10, 2012. Accessed October 23, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/12/nick-diakopoulos-understanding-bias-in-computational-news-media/.
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