[Miner49er]

This article posted to HN yesterday is better IMO: https://popular.info/p/facebooks-top-news-executive-has

It points out Brown is friends with Betsy DeVos.

It points out that Eric Owens, a far-right regular writer for the Daily Caller, has written 11 articles for The 74.

I agree that the part about Warren is grasping at straws a bit. I think it's more interesting that Brown is right leaning, yet she's in charge of FB News. So far, FB News is showing many signs it will be right biased. This just adds more evidence.

The other evidence is the inclusion of Breitbart, but no leftist publications. Also, the fact that Zuckerberg has been having dinners with far-right figures, but no leftists.

[vuln]

Zuckerburg has already danced with the left.

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/facebook-data-...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2018/03/19/why-are...

https://reason.com/2018/03/23/cambridge-analytics-dust-up-re...

[darawk]

I'm not sure what the message is here, though. Should the person running FB news have no political affiliations at all? Because if that's the standard, then it seems what you'll get is just people hiding their political affiliations, which doesn't seem particularly good for anyone.

[fzeroracer]

No, the point is that Facebook has been trying to position itself as an arbiter of political neutrality while consistently taking actions that obviously indicates the bias it has.

You can't claim you have no position while simultaneously taking actions that benefit one side or another. If they're going to go that route, they might as well just come out and say what their bias is rather than gaslighting people into thinking that they're neutral.

[darawk]

Which actions are those? This person was taking sided actions outside the context of FB. Which actions is FB taking that benefit one side?

[rayiner]

So what if Brown is friends with someone who shares a commitment to school choice? School choice isn’t a “right-leaning” position. Most of the OECD has it in some form. In Sweden and Denmark, you can get a voucher to go to private religious school. The UN Declaration of Human rights underscores the right of parents to choose how to educate their kids, including religious education if they so desire.

If Facebook treated Brown’s advocacy for school choice as disqualifying, that would actually be an indicator of extreme left-wing bias.