• Zulu@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    According to the “political” meter in this website, this article is “unfair left leaning”

    Mannnnnnn, is it unfair to want people with that kind of power to treat communications with respect/thought/security? Why is this even a left/right thing at a fundamental level?

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      7 days ago

      You can vote on its political leaning as a reader without logging in. I just did it myself. I marked it neutral.

      So that meter is just showing how the conservative readers’ brains are interpreting actual facts, meaning “facts I don’t like are liberal.” Which…is asinine.

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        I did this as well. Did you notice after voting it says most votes mark this as “Center/fair” but if you then view the webpage in a private tab it goes back to being “Unfair left leaning” article. I’m guessing Newsweek lock that value? How could it be unfair left leaning if most votes are for neutral…

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          I did not notice that! Sounds like a deliberate falsification of data that totally furthers the agenda of Newsweek.

          Nothing to see here. All is normal and fine. No need to worry.