Accuracy in Media

Gizmodo published the “full” ten-page memo from a Google employee, who dove into the divide at Google between diversity hires and quality hires. The employee was fired after the memo became public, but it was discovered that the memo actually had data in it. Gizmodo’s version did not include the data, but only the general […]

In a lengthy letter to Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune, Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch said that the now-changed guidelines for its trending topics section may have favored news coming from mainstream media outlets, and that charges that the social media giant suppressed conservative news couldn’t be substantiated through a Senate investigation: “This guidance may have in […]

Gizmodo with the write-up on the controversy, where former Facebook workers admitted they put conservative-related news lower on their news trends list on the social media platform.

Conservatives who have long suspected that social media behemoth Facebook leans to the liberal side of the political spectrum now have some more evidence to back up their suspicions. The tech blog Gizmodo revealed that Facebook blacklists certain topics from appearing in its Trending Topics section, and stories from certain conservative news sites from showing up […]