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Comment by mullingitover | Hacker News Reader

It's really annoying that neither Apple or Google let you completely block Fox News. Both offer options that on the surface seem to block it. However, with Apple News I blocked Fox and the page reloaded to "Trending Stories," and the first thing was Fox News clickbait. Google News seems to block it, but when you click through to any "Full Coverage" links, Fox News is back polluting the feed.

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I loved the promise of Apple News, but in my experience it’s been pretty bad. As much as I try to curate it, it’s full of clickbait and topics I’m not interested in (really, Kylie Jenner posted a photo of her butt on Instagram and we need a news headline about it?).

The morning/evening digests seem to be higher quality (may be hand curated) but doesn’t seem personalized.

I’m no fan of Fox News but I like the fact that they don’t make it easy to be in a filter bubble.

I have to spend irreplaceable moments of my life explaining to my own family that vaccines won't cause autism. I'm well outside the filter bubble. Fox News is like sewage, in that yes, I'm aware of its existence, but no, I don't want it mixed in with things I consume daily.

The little I’ve watched Fox News, while the opinion pieces are one sides and dishonest and they do choose what not to cover and what to emphasize, I haven’t seen any indications that they cover outright conspiracy theories.

Out of the conservative news sites though, I do find that RedState and the Hill to be more honest.

The certainly fanned the flames of Seth Rich conspiracy theories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Seth_Rich#Fox_News_r...

Apple allows you to completely block things with a whitelist model instead of a blacklist model.

    Settings -> News -> Restrict Stories in Today

These changes apply to the feed that shows up on the Siri watch face as well, and are a good way to force small local outlets onto my watch.

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Interesting. I’ve added a couple of crap news sites to a Pihole - it shows the headline but is blocked if you tap it. Blocking sites is a required feature, wonder why it isn’t their already?

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