Facebook's Trending news section promoted a fake story about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly by Alex Heath on Aug 29, 2016, 11:11 AM Facebook's Trending news section highlighted a news story about Fox News firing Megyn Kelly for being "a closet liberal who actually wants Hillary to win." In truth, though, Megyn Kelly has not been fired by Fox News. The news story was a fake, but Facebook still promoted it anyway. The story was shared by "End The Fed," a conservative news aggregator with over 200,000 likes on Facebook. Facebook wasn't immediately available to comment. This isn't the first time Facebook's Trending section has received negative attention. A Gizmodo report in May said that Facebook contractors had suppressed conservative news from surfacing in Trending. The company responded by saying that it found no evidence of political bias. An internal investigation in response to Gizmodo's story led to an overhaul of Facebook's Trending guidelines and the addition of political bias training for Facebook employees. On Friday, Facebook reportedly fired its Trending editorial staff and announced that humans would no longer write descriptions for stories in Trending. The company said that people would still be responsible for selecting which stories are actual news events and not simply reoccurring discussions or fake stories. SEE ALSO: Facebook reportedly fired a team involved in news stories — with an hour's notice
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