News from unreliable sources. Let us manage sources in Cortana, please!

[Binson#WP]

Is there a way to filter out sources or add additional sources to Cortana? I only see the option to add "interests". If not, I think that would be a nice option to add in the future.

Thanks!

 

[Jowarman]

Re: Managing News Sources used by Cortana

Yess. THIS. I'm not likely the whole Fox "News" integration......

 

[beej]

Re: Managing News Sources used by Cortana

Seeriously. Especially the Faux News.

 

[JustinSalvato]

Re: Managing News Sources used by Cortana

I know we can't be the only ones asking about this.

 

[Binson#WP]

Re: Managing News Sources used by Cortana

Not being able to curate sources really diminishes the usefulness of the News portion of Cortana, Daily Glance, and the Live Tile.

 

[Georgi Ivanov3]

Re: Managing News Sources used by Cortana

Agree!! If Cortana was customized enought, they would let us manage news sources along with weather forecast provider..

 

[c0wb0ycliche]

I feel like mine only ever shows me Xbox news and not anything from the other interests I added

 

[Binson#WP]

Re: Managing News Sources used by Cortana

Agree!! If Cortana was customized enought, they would let us manage news sources along with weather forecast provider..

Yes, and hopefully the ability to choose Celsius bt default in the future.

 

[antsin3d]

Came here just thinking about this subject. Some New York Slimes articles popped up that I'd love to shed.

 

[Binson#WP]

Not to mention, mine is giving me NHL news. NHL news is not news to me.

 

[Seranova]

Yeah, I was quite irked when I saw articles from Faux 'News' and Crap News Network on my Cortana feed...wish I could change the sources.

 

[Binson#WP]

This seems to have gotten worse actually. I have the Band and as my Cortana alerts come in, 95% of them are from 1 news source - Fox News.

 

[Blacklac]

This seems to have gotten worse actually. I have the Band and as my Cortana alerts come in, 95% of them are from 1 news source - Fox News.

Maybe the Band thinks your blood pressure was running a little low... XD

 

[SamJHannan]

Cortana normally reads from your MSN News (and weather) preferences, so if you remove a news source from there or swap the Celsius/Fahrenheit it should reflect in Cortana.

 

[JamesDax]

Really bad since Fox News isn't even a News Network. They are registered with the FCC as an Entertainment Network. That's how they can get away with all the BS they be broadcasting.

 

[Visa Declined]

Really bad since Fox News isn't even a News Network. They are registered with the FCC as an Entertainment Network. That's how they can get away with all the BS they be broadcasting.

Fox has the most viewers in the US, MSNBC and CNN don't even come close. Cortana is simply gathering from the most popular source, it's not hard to figure out.

 

[Binson#WP]

Cortana normally reads from your MSN News (and weather) preferences, so if you remove a news source from there or swap the Celsius/Fahrenheit it should reflect in Cortana.

I have done both those things long ago. Neither of them have had the desired effects, unfortunately.

 

[Binson#WP]

Fox has the most viewers in the US, MSNBC and CNN don't even come close. Cortana is simply gathering from the most popular source, it's not hard to figure out.

Cortana is supposed to learn your personal preferences. I should be able to disable sources that do not fit my preferences. (as should other users)

MS does have a deal with Fox News where Fox News uses MS tech in their show rooms. Perhaps this is one of the ways Microsoft is paying them back.

 

[JamesDax]

Fox has the most viewers in the US, MSNBC and CNN don't even come close. Cortana is simply gathering from the most popular source, it's not hard to figure out.

​Just shows how stupid most people are. Fox News is NOT a news network. Would love to have it off my phone.

 

[Binson#WP]

​Just shows how stupid most people are. Fox News is NOT a news network. Would love to have it off my phone.

While I agree with the second part, I'd rather not resort to ad hominems.

Honestly, whether you like Fox News or not, we can all band together to say that we should have the ability to choose what sources we prefer and what sources we would like to disable.