by Nicholas Ballasy
The Los Angeles Times is preparing to unveil a “bias meter” to appear on news articles and columns on the news outlet’s website, according to the news outlet’s owner.
The bias meter, which could launch as early as January, will be operated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
“Whether it be news or opinion — more likely the opinion or the voices — you have a bias meter so somebody could understand as they read it that the source of the article has some level of bias,” Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire entrepreneur, said Wednesday on “The Mike Gallagher Show” podcast.
“Press a button and get both sides of that exact same story, based on that story, and then give comments,” he added.
Shortly after the 2024 election, Soon-Shiong, who purchased the outlet in 2018, announced that he would be installing a new editorial board and that he was looking for more conservative columnists to balance out the opinion section.
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Nicholas Ballasy is a reporter for Just the News.
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