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It’s crucial to note that our bias scale is calibrated to the political spectrum of the United States, which may not align with the political landscapes of other nations.

But what even is this false left-right, liberal-conservative, Democrat-Republican one-dimensional scale? The first thing they state on this page is that all this is inherently subjective. Who is MBFC to determine where the middle of this scale exists? If people want to seek out their opinion, that’s fine, but this is inherently a subjective opinion about what constitutes “left center” vs “center,” for example. I don’t get how MBFC deserves their opinion on every news post.

Also the formatting of the bot is awful as displayed on most Lemmy apps. On mine it’s a giant wall of text. Other posts/bots don’t look bad, just this one.

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just2look@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
They cover what they consider left and right. This way you can judge whether it aligns with what you believe. And it allows you to interpret their results even if they don’t follow the same spectrum you do.

And if you know of a way to discuss political spectrum without subjectivity I would love to hear it. Even if you don’t use a 2d spectrum, it’s still subjective. Just subjective with additional criteria.

mediabiasfactcheck.com/left-vs-right-bias-how-we-…

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- protist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  And if you know of a way to discuss political spectrum without subjectivity I would love to hear it.
  
  Of course that doesn’t exist, my point is why does this specific subjective opinion get promoted on here?
  
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  - just2look@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Why does any opinion get promoted on here? Because somebody posted it. And then there is a voting system and comments for people to express their agreement or disagreement.
    
    I honestly don’t care either way if the bot exists. I just think it’s silly that people are claiming that MBFC is terrible based on basically nothing. You can disagree with how they define left vs right, or what their ratings are, but they are pretty transparent about how their system works. And no one has given any example of how it could be done better.
    
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    superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It shouldn’t be done on Lemmy at all, which is why I downvote the not every time I see it.
    
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    tyler@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Also if you actually read and understand their system, then even if you dont agree with it, you can recalibrate the ratings based on what you know their system works like.
    
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