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.

Extension stats

Users: 30,000+
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

Other platforms

Ground News Bias Checker (v3.1)
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Ground News - Bias Checker (v3.1.1)
3.80 (5) 9,318+
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Extension summary

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:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Integrate with Twitter, Facebook and Reddit to uncover media bias hidden in your newsfeed.

  4. Save interesting articles to read later and automatically generate in-text citations to support your research.

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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 the bias of news sites
  • Convenient for comparing news sources
  • Outstanding communication from the development team
  • Good concept for checking political alignment of news
  • Provides a healthy way to understand media content
Cons
  • Extension often fails to load or recognize major news outlets
  • Does not respect user-set permissions for background activity
  • Issues with usability on certain websites, causing them to be unusable
  • Lack of disable option for specific websites
  • Problems after recent Chrome updates
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work on major outlets like BBC and NYTimes
  • Extension does not activate properly on intended sites
  • Flickering issue after Chrome updates
  • User experience problems altering existing website designs
  • Need for whitelist/blacklist functionality
Recent reviews
Doesn't work for Forbes at the moment of me writing this review
by --, 2024-11-11

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?
by 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.
by Randy, 2024-10-17
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Ground News - Bias Checker requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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