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		giantg2 on May 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Media Bias Fact Check: Hacker News Seems odd to rate HN given it's an aggregation of articles from other sources.

clipsy on May 25, 2023 [–]

So if I set up an aggregator that includes only positive stories about Democrats and only negative stories about Republicans, would you say it's odd to rate that?

giantg2 on May 26, 2023 | | [–]

Sure. It's not a real news source. It's better to rate the underlyings.

timbit42 on May 26, 2023 | | [–]

Is that how stories are chosen to be on Hacker News?

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