Automating the News Quotes

“There's a certain "algorithmic objectivity" or even "epistemic purity" that has been attributed to automated content--an adherence to a consistent factual rendition that confers a halo of authority. But the apparent authority of automated content be-lies the messy, complex reality of datafication, which contorts the beautiful complexity of the world into a structured data scheme that invariably excludes nuance and context.”
― Nicholas Diakopoulos, Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media