The incentives around journalism have completely changed in the past 25 years leading to this problem. Here at Eliot we are trying to help change those incentives. https://t.co/LNivuqxwaH
In '16, cable networks like this one helped contribute $5 billion in free media to Donald Trump. Today, their clickbaiting mostly generates outrage fatigue.
“One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.”
After tragedies like the #GazetteShooting a common tactic of biased news will be to attribute blame without significant evidence. This distracts us from the real issues and from finding solutions to real problems. This is where the #EliotScore will help https://t.co/h7SrWRnA0G
Making ourselves vulnerable and seeking to understand outside of our own ideological bubbles is the answer! At Eliot we build news tools that help expose us to diverse and quality news content. Get involved with us at https://t.co/TnFGvN34qf #DiverseVoices#EliotScore https://t.co/r7YqVo0i5o
Today I got in to an argument on twitter, then decided to DM the person to really see if we could understand each other’s perspectives, and we did. Not saying it can or should happen all the time, but this time it felt good.
A lot of emotion and passion surrounding the #KeepFamiliesTogether issue at the US Southern Border. Read this @AP article to gain some balanced perspective and form your own opinion based on #facts#EliotScore https://t.co/oKytWj0s7e
#KeepFamiliesTogether has had a lot of coverage. All laws used to separate families were already in place, but this POTUS has enforced them more strictly. Wondering how this was able to happen? Read this article and be a #newsskeptic https://t.co/J3SYlV9nAA
Lots of new products like Eliot the big difference is that they are writing off entire publications as fake instead of highlighting only bad info! Eliot is the only news app that won’t widen the gaps between groups, but shrink it through #thoughtdiversity https://t.co/TTe61xQ6F6
AI+ethics is important, but has been partly hijacked by the AGI (artificial general intelligence) hype. Let's cut out the AGI nonsense and spend more time on the urgent problems: Job loss/stagnant wages, undermining democracy, discrimination/bias, wealth inequality.
Misrepresentation of information to serve an agenda can be deceiving and hard to spot. Eliot is working on providing you with the tools to root out this type of bias. Sign up on our website https://t.co/pumWWKnXti for updates as we get ready to launch our #eliotscore in September https://t.co/lyFtNuvCW8
The ‘No Gays Allowed’ story many are sharing today was originally published in 2015. USA TODAY has not shared or updated it since then. Claims suggesting that it’s a reaction to the recent Supreme Court ruling are false.
All children should feel safe at school, but misrepresentation and bias tend to skew the coverage on school gun violence. Read these articles for some perspective and form your own opinion #eliot#thinkfree#criticalnewsconsumer https://t.co/PcgQ2u3YHV
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Americans feeling fatigued by news. Especially those whose trust in news institutions is low. That’s where Eliot can help. Check out our website https://t.co/TnFGvN34qf and become en early adopter when we launch in September! #eliotscore#thinkfree https://t.co/9iHXbOzjMk
.@realDonaldTrump refers to journalists as "fake news." JFK once said: ".. there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press." via @jmeacham "The Soul of America" (p. 270) Trump couldn't be effective w/o vilifying press.