Review by Firefox user 15221582
Rated 1 out of 5
by Firefox user 15221582, 5 years agoWhen you first see this, you have a small hope that it wouldn't be biased. But of course this is just another piece of the existing media machine to give legitimacy to the news websites who do as they are told and report events from the perspective of the Established Narrative. Those who report from a different perspective, who objectively speaking are no better or worse, get lower ratings.
At the end of the day, what is "fake news" and what isn't, is entirely dependent on the reader. NewsGuard will tell you if a website is pushing fake news...but only if your political views are aligned with the established narrative. As such it merely acts as a source of authority for such people to call their opposition and their news sources "fake news" rather than actually telling anyone which sites propagate "fake news" from any objective standpoint.
I recommend avoiding this addon if you can think critically already. You don't need a biased source to tell you what is fake or not, your own opinion will suffice. Make up your own mind.
At the end of the day, what is "fake news" and what isn't, is entirely dependent on the reader. NewsGuard will tell you if a website is pushing fake news...but only if your political views are aligned with the established narrative. As such it merely acts as a source of authority for such people to call their opposition and their news sources "fake news" rather than actually telling anyone which sites propagate "fake news" from any objective standpoint.
I recommend avoiding this addon if you can think critically already. You don't need a biased source to tell you what is fake or not, your own opinion will suffice. Make up your own mind.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17953219, 6 months agoThis service is not a replacement for critical thinking and due diligence. It provides helpful alerts of some web sites with a history of inaccurate reporting. It is not the biased, Orwellian overlord the negative reviewers would have us believe. And, they are identifying content-farm sites that are using AI to create content/news. This is a very serious problem NewsGuard is tackling.
- Rated 5 out of 5by NT, 7 months ago
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- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15237927, 10 months agoThis plugin is great! I hated having to apply critical thought to the news stories I was reading, so exhausting! Now I browse away in safety and comfort, secure in the knowledge that all my thinking is being done for me by professionals! I really hope ReligionGuard is in the works???
- Rated 1 out of 5by SuNin, a year agoYou have to pay to use it? That seems ridiculous to me. I don't want to sign up for anything, I'm not interested in your free trial of anything. I just want to know if a site can be trusted and what the rating is and what to watch out for.
If you don't have to pay, you still have to sign up, there doesn't seem to be a way to bypass that screen. I don't need some shady company collecting information on my internet search habits. These guys are a data breach waiting to happen. - Rated 1 out of 5by Paulie, a year agoEs kann wohl nicht wahr sein, dass auf der Mozilla Seite ein Add-on angeboten wird, welches konservative und andere nicht willkommene Meinungen aus dem Netz zu verdrängen sucht. Ich traue keinem Faktenchecker, dazu sollte jeder halbwegs intelligenter Mensch selbst in der Lage sein.
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- Rated 1 out of 5by joe_s, 2 years agoThis add-on not only wants to be our ministry of truth, as mentioned by others. It also wants to spy on us. Look at the permissions it asks for!
- Rated 1 out of 5by Mücke, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by firefoxer456, 2 years agodoes not work properly on my pc, win 10. by the way: orwell would be proud of you.... ministery of truth