Ground News - Bias Checker

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What is Ground News - Bias Checker?

'Ground News - Bias Checker' is a uniquely designed Chrome extension that helps users determine media bias in their news. It verifies news articles from over 50,000 global outlets to offer a comprehensive view of story coverage. It provides a bias and factuality rating for each source and integrates with Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit to bring transparency into your newsfeed. Features include saving articles to read later and auto-generation of in-text citations.

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Extension stats

By: https://ground.news

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Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.28 (47) ▲ 0.02

Version: 3.1.2 (Last updated: 2023-10-12)

Creation date: 2020-09-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage

Host permissions:

https://extension.ground.news/*

Size: 1.20M

Email: ha*****@ground.news

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 4846 ▲ 28

Other rankings

#69 in News & Weather ▼ 3

#13 in news keyword 24 ▲ 1

#105 in compare keyword 7 ▼ 3

#138 in article keyword 8 ▼ 3

#165 in story keyword 21 ▼ 2

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Ground News Bias Checker (v3.1)

3.38

(24) 3,854+

Ground News - Bias Checker (v3.1.1)

3.80

(5) 9,065+

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Extension summary

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Get a second opinion of the news you’re reading.

Whenever you come across a news article online, the Ground News Bias Checker shows you which news outlets are reporting on that story so you can compare coverage and make sure you’re seeing the full picture.

The Ground News Bias Checker can:

Instantly show you how 50,000+ news outlets around the world are reporting on the same story. Easily compare related articles from different publishers to verify information.
Give you bias and factuality rating for news sources reporting on a story. See if the story is receiving balanced coverage, or if it's mostly being reported by news sources at the extremes of the political spectrum.
Integrate with Twitter, Facebook and Reddit to uncover media bias hidden in your newsfeed.
Save interesting articles to read later and automatically generate in-text citations to support your research.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helps users understand bias in news sources.
Convenient for comparing news coverage across different outlets.
Outstanding communication from the small team.
Provides a healthy way of understanding media content.

Cons

Often fails to recognize major news outlets.
Does not respect user permissions, always querying in the background.
Issues with functionality after recent Chrome updates.
Lacks an option to disable on specific websites.

Most mentioned

Doesn't work on major news sites like BBC and NYTimes.
Need for more control over extension behavior (e.g., whitelist/blacklist).
UI is cluttered and could be improved for better user experience.

Recent reviews

It doesn't work. I bought Ground News subscription. I installed this extension on my Chrome and it never works. I go to a BBC article for example and the auto information on the top doesn't pop up. If I try to manually click on the extension the extension says "This doesn't look like a recognised news article" (BBC, really?!). What's wrong with all of this? How do I make it work like in this video?

Ignas Stankevicius, 2024-10-21

Small team. Outstanding communication. The opposite of today's norm.......you should check this app out. You will be amazed how accurately they detect bias. Thanks, Harleen.

Randy, 2024-10-17

I really like the idea of this extension, however, it just seems to not load on or recognize major outlets regularly. I can't see any info on any NYTimes articles, also issues with BBC, CNN. I assumed these large outlets would have been easiest to confirm this is working properly.

Casey Ott, 2024-08-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Ground News - Bias Checker may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.