HN Blocks Sites Like Fox News?
I have noticed that I very rarely see Fox News on HN. I commonly see sites with similar middle brow journalism quality from the left on here, especially The Guardian and NY Times (which used to be high brow but has fallen way off).
HN used to be mostly libertarian entrepreneurs, but the far left has made major inroads. I guess it could be users just not submitting or upvoting Fox News and right wing websites?
@Dang are there any algorithmic blocks against sites like Fox News or is it just user upvoting behavior?
At least 90% of HN flags any submission that is remotely political. It is rare that the the cable news networks are not at least remotely political. Most of the internet is dedicated to politics and consumerism, let us have our corner.
Clearly it's not blocked[1].
As a Norwegian, which stories do you think Fox News report better on than other sources? As in, which stories do you think people should submit Fox News as a source for rather than some other source?
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=foxnews.com
It's a blatant Christian Zionist rag.
These baiting questions and resulting wasteful discussions are just uninteresting. Submissions should be qualified on their own merit instead of needlessly litigating the source of their publication. I say "should" instead of "must" because this is not a public forum, but a private one, and as such, the rules of moderation are not at our discretion. My advice is to accept them and participate productively within the norms, or start your own community which is devoid of any perceived bias, in your own vision of what is reasonable.
You even have to ask this?
As a European, I always get a giggle from American conservatives describing CNN as ‘far left’. There’s so much more spectrum to explore. Like, even your Democrats are our center-right.