ABC News Just Let the Algorithm Be the Editor
ABC News quietly launched Searched, a livestreamed weekday show that builds its entire rundown from what's trending on search engines and social media, not a newsroom's news judgment. It's been airing since April on ABC News Live (Disney Plus, Hulu) with hosts Gio Benitez and Ashan Singh, covering whatever the internet is already obsessing over, from lottery winners to Russell Westbrook's retirement. It's a blunt admission that as broadcast TV bleeds viewers, networks are chasing the algorithm instead of setting it.
When the trending tab becomes the assignment desk, journalism just clocked in as content moderation.