LA Times owner adding AI ‘bias meter’ to articles

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LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’

Academics have spent generations warning about what happens when you let journalism and media consolidate in the hands of rich people and corporations. As this season’s election coverage demonstrated, the end result is usually a lazy simulacrum of journalism that looks like real reporting, but tends to reflect ownership interests and (usually) lacks the courage to challenge wealth and power. The coverage tends to be feckless and shallow. It ten…

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This decision by the owner comes after having displayed perfect neutrality during the American presidential campaign. Traditionally a supporter of the Democratic camp, the “L.A. Times” and “The Washington Post” did not support any candidate.

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LA Times Owner Readies ‘Bias Meter’ to Appear on News Articles and Columns | The Star News Network

by Nicholas Ballasy   The Los Angeles Times is preparing to unveil a “bias meter” to appear on news articles and columns on the news outlet’s website, according to the news outlet’s owner. The bias meter, which could launch as early as January, will be operated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). “Whether it be news or opinion — more likely the opinion or the voices — you have a bias meter so somebody could understand as they read it that the sourc…

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LA Times Owner Readies ‘Bias Meter’ to Appear on News Articles and Columns – The Ohio Star

by Nicholas Ballasy   The Los Angeles Times is preparing to unveil a “bias meter” to appear on news articles and columns on the news outlet’s website, according to the news outlet’s owner. The bias meter, which could launch as early as January, will be operated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). “Whether it be news or opinion — more likely the opinion or the voices — you have a bias meter so somebody could understand as they read it that the sourc…

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AI ‘bias meter’ at LA Times: What do former staff think?

LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to install a "bias meter" next to every news article and op-ed. This comes after quashing the endorsement of Kamala Harris.

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Patrick Soon-Shiong’s “button” would be the ruin of the LA Times

The erratic billionaire evidently wants AI to generate a Trump-friendly version of the news