#23 - Harleen Kaur - Exposing News Media Bias

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May 16, 2024

Harleen Kaur, founder of Ground News, discusses combating biased news and polarization. Topics include media diversity, AI's role, reaching different generations, and solutions for a more balanced media landscape. The podcast explores the impact of news aggregator platforms in fostering critical thinking and engaging with varying perspectives, emphasizing the importance of authenticity and constructive dialogue in the digital age.

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ANECDOTE

Career Path

Harleen Kaur's career began at NASA, working on satellites.
She transitioned to Rolls-Royce, becoming the youngest VP, selling jet engines.

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Ground News Overview

Ground News aggregates diverse news perspectives to combat media bias.
It allows users to compare various sources and form their own informed opinions.

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Advertising and Polarization

The advertising model incentivizes news outlets to prioritize engagement over factual reporting.
This leads to polarization as outlets cater to specific audiences and avoid challenging viewpoints.

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Polarization, echo chambers... how do we fix the problem of biased news? That's a problem today's Win-Win guest has dedicated her life to solving. Harleen Kaur is the founder of Ground News, a news aggregator platform that provides overviews of what different media outlets across the political spectrum report, so that consumers can get a clearer and more impartial perspective. We explore the deeper questions of WHY we’re so divided in the first place, and what are the most promising ways of healing that divide. An especially important topic as we head into the age of synthetic AI generated media! Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Harleen’s Background 00:09:10 - Ground News 00:22:07 - Advertising Model Leading to Polarization 00:31:30 - Positive Effects from Ground News 00:35:22 - Reaching GenZ and Boomers 00:40:15 - Other Solutions To the Media Moloch 00:48:22 - Role of AI to Combat Media Bias 00:52:46 - Jonathan Haidt Solutions for Social Media 01:03:22 - Win-Win News Links: ♾️ Ground News https://ground.news/ Ground News Browser Extension https://ground.news/extension ♾️ Sentiment Mining 500 Years Of History: Is The World Really Darkening? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/05/14/sentiment-mining-500-years-of-history-is-the-world-really-darkening/?sh=1725a43e35ef ♾️ Fairness Doctrine 1949 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine ♾️ Paradox of Polarisation Study https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-polarization-paradox-elected-officials-and-voters-have-shifted-in-opposite-directions/ ♾️ Jonathan Haidt - Social Media https://jonathanhaidt.com/social-media/ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Credits: ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt