Английская Википедия:Ground News
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Notability Шаблон:Infobox website Ground News is a news aggregator service that allows users to compare media coverage from across the political spectrum. The service is available through a website, mobile apps, and browser extensions.[1]
Overview
When searching for a news topic, a user is served with a selection of articles. Rather than show results based on popularity, the Ground News algorithm is meant to serve results based "on a number of factors like length of existence, citations in other publications, what they [the news organization] have published already, and social media presence."[2] Articles are labeled to indicate a publication's ownership, an assessment of the publication's typical reporting quality, and possible political bias on a left-right spectrum. Users are meant to compare headlines from publications of differing ideological biases, as well as compare how coverage changes based on location (from local or international news sources) and time.
"Media Bias Ratings" of news publications are sourced from Ad Fontes Media, AllSides, and Media Bias/Fact Check. Publications can be given ratings ranging from "Far Left" to "Center" to "Far Right." The "Average Bias Rating" is meant to reflect an average of the three ratings, and can be edited by users subscribed to the "Pro" tier. "Factuality" ratings reflect how frequently a publication uses credible sources, gives adequate context to articles, word choice in articles, and how quickly inaccuracies are corrected. Scores include "Low," "Mixed," and "High." Media Bias Ratings and Factuality ratings are determined for publications, not individual articles.[3]
Ground News maintains a "Blindspot" feed, as well as a "Blindspot Report" newsletter, which highlights news topics that are largely being reported by publications on only one side of the political spectrum.[4]
The Ground News app has a citizen journalism feature that allows users to verify the content of reports that happen locally.[5]
History
Шаблон:Empty section Ground News was launched in April 2018, with the stated aim of being an app that “fills the information gap between social media and traditional news media.” The early iteration of the site was centered around their citizen journalism feature, by “engaging users on the ground and using patent-pending AI tech and human verification”.
At launch, Ground News was a free service with no ads. In January 2020, they launched Ground News Pro, a paid subscription service that gave users access to more coverage analysis features. Since then, they’ve also added a Premium and Vantage tier, which provides access to features like My News Bias.
In March 2021, Ground News launched the Blindspotter, a tool that helps twitter users “easily visualize [their] news filter bubble”. According to Ground News, the tool was used by 268,000 people 48 hours after it’s launch and was mentioned in outlets like the Financial Times and Unherd.
In February 2024, a Duke University study on polarization and media consumption was published that used ‘News Blindspots’ from the Blindspot report, a newsletter from Ground News. The study found that “highlighting news stories covered from across the partisan divide can, in certain contexts, reduce polarization and the gaps in issue positions between Democrats and Republicans.”
As of March 2024, Ground News has over 280,000 followers on Instagram and over 28,000 followers on Twitter.
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