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'''Yahoo! News''' is a mediocre news website that mostly reprints news sources from ABC News, Associated Press, and Reuters, in addition to hosting original news coverage along with egregious clickbait and [[bullshit]]. Reprinted stories can be discerned from ''Yahoo!'' original reporting by looking for the presence of any logo of another news organization on the article (this can be a bit subtle). Along with the important stories about [[politics]] or the [[economics|economy]], the site is also littered with the personal lives of celebrities or [[reality]] T.V. shows. It is also notorious for its ''very'' toxic comments section, though again, it's easier to count which news sites have ''good'' comments sections.

==Part of the [[Liberal media]]?==
The news stories are often accused of having a [[liberal bias]]. However, Yahoo News has also been known to occasionally reprint articles from the right-wing websites [[The Blaze]] and [[Daily Caller]], including articles criticizing [[Barack Obama]].{{cn}} Most of the more political stories seem to be sourced from Huffington Post, while international or business related stories are sources from Reuters. Who Yahoo is biased towards depends on who you ask. For instance the progressive [[Daily Kos]] wrote that a Yahoo article titled "Obama wins the second debate. Too bad it's not the one that mattered" was heavily biased in favor of [[Republican]]s,<ref>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/17/1145762/-Yahoo-News-Rightwing-Media-Septic-Tank</ref> whereas the comments section of the actual article complained of heavy liberal bias. However, media tracking websites such as [[Media Bias/Fact Check]] rank Yahoo as being “Left-center”.<ref>https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/yahoo-news/</ref>

==Comments section==
The comments section of the more political news stories are quite infamous for attracting hundreds, if not thousands, of [[neoreactionaries]] who make the [[GOP]] proud in terms of [[conservatism]].<ref>Daryl Lang, [http://daryllang.com/blog/4123 Is Yahoo News proud of its comments feature?]</ref> [[Sexist]], [[racist]], [[xenophobic]], [[Conspiracy theorist|conspiracy-loving]],<ref>[http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/9-11-truther-interrupts-malcolm-smith-press-conference-042629643.html There seems to be a lot of right-leaning Truthers]</ref> [[Fun:Millennials|millennial]]-hating, and especially [[homophobic]] comments that may be [[militia movement|militant]] in nature are not only accepted but generally upvoted in great numbers, whereas [[liberal]] or even [[centrist]] comments are typically downvoted in large numbers and occasionally met with death threats. Examples:

*''"Who else thinks the “first family” gets too much press coverage?"'' 17 upvotes, 4 downvotes (The article in question was only on primates such as Apes going extinct)<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/chimps-gorillas-other-apes-struggling-survive-051137577.html</ref>
*''"Single mothers voted for Barack. Very telling that such an irrsponsible group of tramps supports handouts."'' 47 upvotes, 40 downvotes<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/comes-gender-gap-men-play-crucial-role-215430271--election.html</ref> 
*''"[[Marriage]] is between ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN. [[Gay marriage]] is blasphemy!"'' 168 upvotes, 45 downvotes
*''"The argument of the [[gay agenda]] is that if it doesn't hurt anyone, then it is ok. Well, [[Whataboutism|what about]] [[incest]] and [[bestiality]]? These acts do not necessarily harm anyone, but we condemn them as a society. We should also condemn gay marriage, which is just as perverted and unnatural."'' 88 upvotes, 25 downvotes<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/rep-barney-frank-marry-partner-jim-ready-184914979--abc-news.html</ref>
*''"Listen...if you are gay keep it to your darn self...boy scouts are not supposed to be concerned with sexuality. These are kids that want to grow up to be normal human beings without having their minds corrupted by homos. I don't want my kids to associate with anyone that is openly a degenated. [[Homosexuality]] is an anomaly and a mental and social illness. be what you may, but have it treated and don't infect others."'' 117 upvotes, 68 downvotes <ref>http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-boy-scouts-reaffirm-ban-gays-141719311.html</ref>
*''"I see a US CIVIL WAR on the Horizon!"'' 83 upvotes, 11 downvotes
**''"Finally we can wipe out the liberal scumbags, show them no mercy"'' 45 upvotes, 15 downvotes (This was a positive reply to the above comment)
*''"To each according to his need. From each according to his ability." ~ [[Karl Marx]]<br>''"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." ~ Barack Obama<br>''There's your evidence. I know liberals hate proof but even your [[Kool-Aid]] can't help you here."'' 209 upvotes, 55 downvotes
*''"There is a pretence going on here that all global warming is man made. [[Global warming denialism|Most of it and I mean most of it is in fact natural]]. there are two stable states for the climate on earth. One is an iceage and the other is a good deal warmer than today. At present, we are transitioning from iceage to a warmer state.[[PRATT|This is a natural cycle that repeats itself over and over again]]. we have had 10 iceages of varying extents over the last one million years. 8000 years ago for instance was the last time a person could walk from the present England to say the present Germany without getting ones feet wet. The North sea has swollowed up Doggerland in the last 8000 years which is not a huge amount of time when one thinks about it. For further reading, one could do well to read up on Milankovitch cycles. And to think, [[Science|the governments]] [[Strawman|like to pretend that the earth's climate is stable]]. [[Dunning-Kruger effect|Nothing is further from the truth]]."'' 109 upvotes, 19 downvotes<ref>http://uk.news.yahoo.com/global-warming-%E2%80%9Ccan-be-reversed---scientists-claim-124259208.html#gfrUa9c</ref>
*''"i am an african American very far left liberal democrat and believe it or not, myself and all of my friends are voting for [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]. obama has disgraced this country"'' 653 upvotes, 258 downvotes <ref>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-socialist-many-scoff-claim-persists-174845832.html</ref>
*''"Boy, if they're upset about what Chris Broussard had to say about being gay...they're REALLY going to be mad if they ever actually read their Bible and see what God has to say about it."'' 955 upvotes, 178 downvotes <ref>http://tv.yahoo.com/news/christian-group-calls-espn-writers-suspension-jason-collins-213013743.html</ref> (Chris Broussard is an ESPN sports writer who made anti-gay comments, while the "they're" refers to a Christian group that's upset with Broussard. Therefore "they're" not considered [[No True Scotsman|true Christians]] by Yahoo commentators) 
*''"Obama won!? Which debate was the author watching. At best it was a draw and CBS polled it at 65-35 Romney...Libs will never change...long live the pretend world of progressives..."'' 1577 upvotes, 419 downvotes (The author in question was writing about the second debate which most agree Obama won)
*''"Hmmmmmm....this article is written by someone who writes for Yahoo, has worked for [[CNN]], ABC, CBS and [[PBS]]. [[Paranoia|Where do you think]] [[Liberal media|his loyalties lie?]]"'' 11498 upvotes, 700 downvotes (In reference to the same author that was attacked above)<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-wins-the-second-debate--too-bad-it%E2%80%99s-not-the-one-that-mattered-1568495.html?bcmt_s=m#ugccmt-container</ref>

If it's any consolation it is likely some of the commenters are paid to create multiple accounts and spread [[conservative]] [[propaganda]],<ref>http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/03/craiglist-ad-seeks-writers-to-post-right-wing-comments-to-social-media-news-outlets/</ref> but many of the comments seem fairly genuine as well. Another theory put forth on the site "Horrible Yahoo News! Comments" is that older people are more likely to be conservative or view [[Fox News]] but are less likely to stray very far from their default homepage, so they all just pour their anger into Yahoo's comment section.

A running theme in the comments is that white conservatives are the ''real'' victims of [[racism]] and prejudice, which can get into "[[anti-racist is a code word for anti-white]]" territory. This [[persecution complex]] is probably a reason Yahoo has attracted more [[white supremacist]]s than most other website comment sections (besides that [[YouTube|other one]]). Yahoo, having noticed how horrible the comments section is, no longer automatically shows them to visitors, and you now have to go out of way to view them. Of course, [[Poe's Law|many still do just to see how outrageous the top rated comments are]].

As of July 2020, comments on Yahoo! News articles are “temporarily” suspended.<ref>https://www.distractify.com/p/yahoo-comments-gone</ref><ref>https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/07/23/why-did-yahoo-suspend-comments/</ref>

==Liberal commenters==
On occasion liberal commenters will take over a news story if the story is unappealing to conservatives, such as when Yahoo reported on Obama's reelection or when a nonpartisan report came out that disproves [[trickle down economics]],<ref>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tax-cuts-rich-dont-spur-151649273.html</ref> but more often than not right-wing extremists are in the majority and on occasion their comments can get up to a couple thousand upvotes. Among the liberals are a fair number of [[moonbat]]s but in general the liberal comments are noticeably less threatening, bigoted, and/or psychotic than their ultraconservative counterparts.

==External links==
*[http://news.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! News]
*[http://bigstory.ap.org/ "The Big Story"],{{broken}} for Associated Press stories without the cluttered Yahoo section and nasty comments
*[http://www.reuters.com/ Official Reuters websites], same for Reuters stories
*[http://horribleyahoonewscomments.tumblr.com/ Horrible Yahoo! News Comments, a site that lists some of the outrageous things posted in the comments section.] Inactive since June 2015.

==See also==
*[[Yahoo Answers]]
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