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Stray, Jonathan. "There’s no such thing as an objective filter: Why designing algorithms that tell us the news is hard." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 Jun. 2012. Web. 16 Jan. 2021.
APA
Stray, J. (2012, Jun. 18). There’s no such thing as an objective filter: Why designing algorithms that tell us the news is hard. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 16, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-an-objective-filter/
Chicago
Stray, Jonathan. "There’s no such thing as an objective filter: Why designing algorithms that tell us the news is hard." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 18, 2012. Accessed January 16, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-an-objective-filter/.
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