{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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She used a flower analogy to explain how algorithms target users and shape the content they see. Harris appeared on the podcast 'Off Air with Big Boy'."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During the discussion, Harris reportedly warned that algorithms are 'trying to dumb people down' by repeatedly showing users content based on their past clicks. Some digests stated she used pink and yellow flowers as examples in her analogy."},{"type":"heading","text":"Coverage disagreement"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Reports differed on the specific details of the flower analogy. Some digests stated Kamala Harris used pink and yellow flowers as examples, while others did not specify the colours. 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