Apple wants you to take its news service seriously. To
demonstrate its potential beyond a simple headline aggregation platform, it's
launched its own candidate guide ahead of the 2020 Democratic debates. The
guide contains facts, biographies and candidate positions on key issues, and
will be supplied with what Apple says is "timely, trusted and
comprehensive" information about those taking part, via providers such as
CNN, Axios and The New York Times.
The guide won't simply be a hodgepodge of random headlines,
but rather curated specifically by a team of Apple news editors, and as
candidates drop out of the race, the guide will evolve to give more coverage to
those still in the running. According to Apple, the 2020 Democratic field is
"complex," and the guide will act as a "robust and reliable
resource" for readers.
For Apple, the project certainly puts the company in a
strong position -- in a period where fake news and sensationalist headlines are
rife, a go-to guide will be a boon for those looking to understand the
political landscape in a balanced way. And it demonstrates that Apple is
committed to its news service, rather than viewing it as a nice consumer
bolt-on.
The guides can be found in the Top Stories section within
the Apple News app on iPhones, iPads and Macs. The app is free, although some
news articles within the guides will sit behind paywalls -- readers can access
these via Apple's News+ service, which costs $10 a month and provides access to
300 magazines and newspapers.
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