A new design can't hide the fact that news aggregated through google seems to have a strong ideological bent. I've spent a lot of time setting up the weighting of various news sites and still can't seem to get certain agendas filtered out of the news. Perhaps this is a problem with news in general and only reflected through Google News, but I don't think so - things have gotten worse over time and certain sites seem to be over-represented.
I've been concerned about my need intake being too biased and started using a app called "read across the aisle". It has news sources categorized by political position and tracks how balanced your news diet is. Maybe that can help you not being negatively impacted by certain agendas since you are more likely to get a balanced view?
The concept of "sides" and where the lines are drawn between them are part of the agenda: you're not escaping it. If every morning you're reading Fox News and The Huffington Post, you're getting "both sides" but not much insight.
Which sites are over represented for you? I think google uses people's browsing habits to show them "personalized" news. Google seems to have miscategorized me. It exposed me to some crazy fringe news outlets (Breitbart) at first, but now it is just annoying.
