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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By: https://ground.news

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Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.29 (41) ▲ 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

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 6406 ▼ 83

Other rankings

#65 in News & Weather

#15 in news keyword 35 ▼ 2

#95 in article keyword 9

#96 in compare keyword 10

#143 in story keyword 36 ▲ 4

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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Ground News - Bias Checker (v3.1.1)

4.00 (6) 7,996+

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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

User reviews summary

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

Provides bias ratings for news agencies
Convenient for comparing news sources
Gives references to other agencies covering the same story
Helps users see multiple angles of a story
Useful for checking the accuracy of news sources

Cons

Doesn't work well with lesser known or foreign news sources
Limited coverage outside of mainstream media
Inaccurate ratings for some news sources
Issues with flickering on web pages
Doesn't work on some websites like Facebook

Most mentioned

Inaccurate ratings
Limited coverage
Doesn't work on Facebook
Issues with flickering on web pages
Useful for comparing news sources

Recent reviews

An amazing tool for understanding the news behind the news and most of all, a healthy way of understanding any media content, by the narrow or wide angle, the freedom of expression may or can take.

Andreea Gudin, 2024-04-11

I would Like to see web version for windows of your app in dark mode, these are just low hanging fruits. Other than that - love your app!

Džiugas Pužauskas, 2023-12-21

This extension is awesome! I highly recommend it to anyone that cares about how accurate their news sources are.

Geary Shull Jr, 2023-12-19

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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.