It is better than right-wing lunatics, but this will likely result in smaller progressive channels like Rational National, Majority Report, Humanist Report etc. being sidelined even more. And these are not conspiracy channels, they provide really important context that’s often left out by “authoritative” media like CNN and MSNBC.

On its face it sounds like a good idea, but I just don’t trust Google to be the one to decide what’s authoritative and what needs to be weighted down, We’ve already learned that they have perverse incentives in that regard with the way they’ve remorselessly promoted extreme right-wing content for years because it made them a quick buck. For them to have a sudden change of heart and start talking about getting the facts straight is a bit sus to me.