Reviews of Ground News - Bias Checker

List of user reviews and ratings for Ground News - Bias Checker

Total ratings

2.70 (Rating count: 10)

Review summary

Ground News - Bias Checker is praised for its useful bias detection on its website and the valuable concept it offers to users. However, the Edge add-on suffers from significant issues like poor article recognition outside its own site, frequent login problems, overlay UI obstructing page elements, 404 errors on certain features, and lack of updates for over two years, causing frustration for users hoping to use it seamlessly in the browser.
Pros
  • The Ground News website is well-regarded for detecting bias and blind spots in news articles.
  • The add-on provides useful bias checking while reading articles or news.
  • Users appreciate the concept and effort behind the tool, considering it a perfect or great service in today’s news climate.
  • The tool helps users gain insights on news bias, which is valuable given current media landscapes.
Cons
  • The browser extension often fails to recognize articles outside its own website and frequently does not work properly.
  • Multiple users report constant re-sign in prompts and login issues within the extension.
  • The extension has not been updated in over two years, leading to stale functionality and lack of Edge compatibility.
  • The overlay design of the extension obstructs website buttons, impacting usability.
  • Some features like 'Full Coverage' buttons lead to 404 errors or broken links.
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 2.50
All time rating average: 2.70
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Date Author Rating Comment
2025-05-09 Ju***** Poor reviews and no updates in 2 years. Kinda seems this isn't worth the effort to the company.
2025-05-08 Sh***** This extension is not ready for primetime. The website itself is great and has a lot of work put into it to detect bias, blind spots, etc.. The Extension does none of this in the wild. Even if the website is on the main Ground News website, the extension doesn't seem to detect the article. Could use some work.
2025-05-01 sk***** It only detects articles that are published on the website, otherwise the extension just doesn't work.
2025-04-15 Jo***** Please fix to work with MS Edge.
2025-03-06 Ti***** I am just starting to use Ground News. The website works great and I would like to use the browser extension, and it simply will not work. I am having the same issue as another review here, I am using MS Edge. The browser extension keeps saying that any article I look at isn't recognized and it keeps wanting me to re-sign in and simply directs to the browser page, which is signed in when attempting to log in.
2025-03-05 Fl***** I love Ground News, but the browser extension keeps saying that any article I look at isn't recognized and it keeps wanting me to re-sign in even if I signed in a second beforehand.
2023-11-27 Al***** Its a great addon for getting the bias check when reading articles or news. My one issue with it is that the addon is an overlay on top of the website instead of pushing the site content down and it being above it in the top row. Currently there are often site buttons obstructed by the overlay which means I have to close the addon to use the website properly. It would be nice if it didnt cover the buttons but instead moved the website down so the buttons at the top of sites are right under the addon itself.
2022-04-18 Ol***** Jeg kan godt lide idéen bag denne udvidelse, men at sende mig videre til jeres hjemmeside er IKKE praktisk. Det burde fungerer inde for udvidelsen's rammer, og havde også forventet, noget mere a'la Web of Trust, ift. om noget var "BIASED" eller "NOT BIASED" - eller noget helt andet, man går med.
2021-06-30 Se***** This is a great service but I'm removing one star because as of writing this review when I'm on a news article and click the "Full Coverage" button I get a 404 not found page on the Ground.News website. The URL ends in "undefined" and all I have to do to see the correct page is delete "undefined". Please update this extension to fix this. Thank you, great service!
2021-05-27 Ni***** Good tool, hope it continues to get developed and expanded to detail leanings of specific authors and such.
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