Our unreliable Auntie has a piece on NewsGuard and the DailyMail.
The Daily Mail is calling for a web browser alert that criticises its journalism to be changed.
The NewsGuard plug-in currently brings up a warning that says the newspaper's website "generally fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability".
It has given this advice since August.
But the matter came to prominence last week, after Microsoft updated its Edge browser app for Android and iOS devices and built in NewsGuard.
This prompted several other media outlets to report the story.
"We have only very recently become aware of the NewsGuard start-up and are in discussions with them to have this egregiously erroneous classification resolved as soon as possible," said a spokesman for Mail Online.
At present, NewsGuard must be switched on by users of Microsoft's Edge app, but the BBC understands there are plans for it to become the default option in the future.
It has given this advice since August.
But the matter came to prominence last week, after Microsoft updated its Edge browser app for Android and iOS devices and built in NewsGuard.
This prompted several other media outlets to report the story.
"We have only very recently become aware of the NewsGuard start-up and are in discussions with them to have this egregiously erroneous classification resolved as soon as possible," said a spokesman for Mail Online.
At present, NewsGuard must be switched on by users of Microsoft's Edge app, but the BBC understands there are plans for it to become the default option in the future.
I assume NewsGuard is for anyone who needs to know the
difference between orthodox and unorthodox while trawling the internet. Fair
enough for those who stick to snowflake news I suppose. Yet surely one of the joys of the
internet is analysing the news, not having it analysed on our behalf via criteria
which are bound to be somewhat obscure however open they purport to be.
Those of us who do our own analysis are already well aware
that all news sources have their limitations. As long as one knows what those
limitations are even the BBC has its uses for some stories if not all of them.
We know this – it isn’t rocket science.
3 comments:
The one virtue that the DM has is that it will actually inform readers of details which the BBC/Guardian narrative actively suppresses. All news outlets package the material that comes in via the standard news-feeds. But all the Guardian does is to select the bits that fit the narrative, and then get humanities graduates to slather on a layer of analysis. I'd prefer bent and biased journalism to that any day. At least the DM seems to do some active journalism and find out some more facts relating to its stories.
The snag with the DM is that to beef up the number it needs all the waffle about celebs and passing sensations. As this with all the video and other stuff now routine in the media trying to pick out the important bits is getting harder.
Sam - well put, that's the difference. The BBC does actively suppress detail, presenting stories as if it is the source and not primarily a copy and paste outfit.
Demetrius - yes the DM is pretty sleazy in that respect. A pity in my view but it has to survive I suppose.
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