Apple News wants to fight Facebook-induced filter bubbles

As Facebook continues to grapple with its role as a news distributor, Apple is leaning even harder into its own news efforts.

Today, the company announced a new section in the Apple News app that will highlight stories about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. Like the rest of the app, the section will be curated by human editors and will emphasize "well-sourced fact-based stories to provide readers with relevant, reliable news and information from a wide range of publishers."

Though Apple doesn't directly reference Facebook in its announcement, the company is clearly positioning its News app as an antidote to the kind of filter bubbles reinforced by the social network's News Feed. Instead, Apple News and its editors will take a more even-handed approach, according to its editor-in-chief Lauren Kern. Read more...