Balancer

Analyzes your newsreading history, shows your balance.

Balancer

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-12-25

By: http://balancestudy.org/balancer

Users: 143

Rating: 2.50

(6)

Version: 0.6.4 (Last updated: 2015-06-04)

Creation date: 2015-06-04

Permissions:

http://www.balancestudy.org/*
https://balancestudy.org/*
http://balancestudy.org/*
history
tabs
storage

Size: 425.98K

Full description: See detailed description

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Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

It's a great idea but it's poorly executed. The conservative news suggestions are horrible. Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, Human Events and Drudge are among the least credible political sites. Suggest instead WSJ, The American Conservative, National Review, Reason, etc. There's enough conservative outlets with integrity to not have to point viewers to journalism cancer.

Phillip Reed, 2016-11-29

Getting balanced information is more nuanced than this App allows. Many news sources, which many would consider unbiased, are considered to have liberal bias (and yes, the mainstream media does a pretty good job of keeping bias out of their reports). However, if you are interested in whether you are getting a balanced view of world events, and take the above into account, pretty good app.

Patrick Gauch, 2012-11-18

I think it's getting more accurate the longer it's installed. At first it was leaning heavily right (even though I would rate such content visited at about 10%). However, it's been showing me mostly balanced for the past week or so.

by A Google user, 2012-10-12

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Risk impact

Balancer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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