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South Carolina
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Title says it all. Half of my comments get rejected despite not going against any community guidelines. My opinions are often against what the "popular or right" opinion being offered is, but isn't that the entire point of a public discourse? No, they much more prefer to steer the conversation to suit their narrative, real journalism.

Date of experience: December 7, 2021
Texas
1 review
29 helpful votes
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Marketwatch has devolved into another narrative biased censorship platform. I have lots of emails where MW "approved" the comment and then minutes, days or weeks later those exact same comments are "rejected". I made one comment arguing against student loan forgiveness and the comment was "rejected". I replied asking why the comment was rejected only to immediately get over 20 prior comments rejected. Apparently the moderator got mad.
Still enjoying intelligent interaction on other platforms.

Date of experience: February 7, 2022
New York
1 review
25 helpful votes
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I've used market watch for awhile now and have noticed a politically fueled news feed. In their community guidelines for comments they praise being an open platform but all comments go through a editor who rejects all dissenting views. Shame on them.

Date of experience: February 10, 2022
Michigan
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Nothing but clickbait headlines to get you to pay them money and in return you get the most incredible garbage product. Do not waste your time with this... Don't even go to yahoo as they push this in their news feed... poor quality. Could do better with dixie cups and a string when it comes to getting information that is useful.

Date of experience: April 12, 2022
Georgia
2 reviews
23 helpful votes
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I used to enjoy MarketWatch as a good financial news source. Now I find most articles relate to some political issue commending the 'progressive' value or nullifying the conservative viewpoint. For example, all Congressional spending by Democrats is good, conservative ideas on (lower) spending is not. No longer is there equal reporting of both views of an issue; now they're only reporting the view that the editor supports. Sad to see MarketWatch go downhill like this.

Date of experience: September 1, 2022
Oman
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Worst scam
January 12, 2024

I paid for a subscription which is 3.99 dollars each month for 1 year then 19.99 dollars it deducted from my account and never received the subscription + i sent them and email and called them but no use they kept telling me we dont have the subscription details.

Date of experience: January 12, 2024
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I am writing to bring to your attention the fact that the Dow Jones publication called MarketWatch blatantly and indiscriminately censors their users. I posted several comments that were clearly in line with their community guidelines and had them rejected indiscriminately. My comments were civil and factual, but apparently did not please their editorial staff. I immediately requested that they delete my account. I do not support the suppression of our freedoms of thought and expression in any way. I am bringing this to your attention because censorship on many social media platforms is rampant and must be brought to the public's attention if our hard-fought freedoms are to be preserved. Respectfully.

Date of experience: April 10, 2022
Minnesota
4 reviews
25 helpful votes
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MW is a classic steering operation. The entire focus is on retail investors (the only people who use it for investing). All the "news" and many of the articles are designed to steer investors to and away from stocks the big money wants retail investors to buy or sell.
Also, the MW "comments" on articles is a censorship operation just like all the other big online "news" outlets. If you don't agree with MW china-like corporate socialist world view your comments will be removed.

Date of experience: November 20, 2023
Louisiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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MarketWatch has Cars.com as a top-rated way to sell a car. First off, I have had a car on Cars.com for almost 3 months, and only 2 emails stating that people were interested. Neither of the people from these emails contacted me back. Consumer Affairs has a 1.8 rating for Cars.com, which is much more accurate. MarketWatch must get money from and therefore spread propaganda about the companies they supposedly review. But then, MarketWatch has a 1.6 review iteself, nuff said. Do not take anything on a MarketWatch site as truthful.

Date of experience: January 21, 2024
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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ABSOLUTE TRASH
May 18, 2021

Disgusting that this company is even still allowed to be in business. It is blatantly obvious that they are pumping their own agenda, backed and bankrolled by Citadel and other hedge funds. Absolute gutter trash, you guys are evil, pathetic, and bottom feeders.

Date of experience: May 18, 2021
California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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MarketWatch is nothing more than a doomsday market site. A lot of their articles are negative about the market and to when the next market crash will be. They have the audacity to charge a subscription of $19.99 for basic useless articles that can be found on other sites. If I'm going to pay for a subscription, I would want to read articles that are somewhat useful.

Date of experience: July 19, 2021
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Biased Lefty Propoganda!
December 29, 2022

I agree with a lot of the others that this platform is involved heavily in censorship of ideas they don't agree with, just like almost all the other big tech companies! Of course! Wonder how many Dimocrats run this site?

Date of experience: December 29, 2022
Alabama
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Full of adds. Very difficult to Cancel. Was not getting digital subscription via email anymore. Had to block the future transactions through Amex to cancel. When I was sent to DOW Jones MARKETWATCH. Called May 18 They could not find my account subscription after 20 minutes on hold. Finally found and the poor phone connection with the offshore hard to understand support hung up. When the amex was not honored I started receiving email notices again. No email contact info on website to cancel. You have to call and have to be transferred to a different department to cancel. Followed them for a phone number to cancel. After 30 minutes finally canceled effective June 15. Would not refund previous month. The service stopped working in January. I knew it would be a nightmare to cancel.

Date of experience: June 15, 2022
Nebraska
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Believe nothing on MW
December 3, 2021

Marketwatch will never be honest about the criminal actions that are taking place on Wall Street. They never go after the hedgefunds that are naked shorting companies into bankruptcy. They never openly discuss the fact that the market is rigged against the individual investor.

Date of experience: December 3, 2021
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cannot connect through any browser = less than useless. Emails to the alleged tech support, etc. go unanswered. Makes me think this is nothing but a click-bait site collecting data through the WSJ.

Date of experience: July 13, 2023
New Hampshire
2 reviews
61 helpful votes
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Cyber bullying
May 20, 2020

These people are NOT journalists! Every article that pops up from them is totally one sided opinion pieces and generally abusive and insulting to the other viewpoint! It's basically just cyber bullying without oversight. Disgusting!

Date of experience: May 20, 2020
New York
1 review
19 helpful votes
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While no market watcher has a crystal ball, another reviewer nailed this site as "Doom and Gloom". It would be one thing if these prognostications proved accurate at least half of the time, however, I suspect that the editorial policy is to avoid upside opinions that ultimately disappoint in favor of discouraging ones that allow MW to say "I told you so" when the market tanks. I almost never take their comments to heart. They are frequently out of sync with the majority of experts.

Date of experience: August 19, 2019
Canada
1 review
24 helpful votes
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FRAUDULENT TRASH RAG
March 10, 2021

Please shut down your sad excuse for a news outlet. And if you decide not to, at the very least implement a higher standard for journalistic best-practices than what currently exist. Go write copy you hacks.

Date of experience: March 10, 2021
Washington
1 review
74 helpful votes
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$20 a month now?
November 7, 2020

So - you went from ad supported to $20 a month subscription so I can read one article that says "Dow will soar in next quarter" only to be followed by another article that says "Dow about to plunge". How do your advertisers feel about the 90+% loss of internet traffic you're experiencing? There are other options for people out there, and you just shot yourself in the foot. Enjoy bankruptcy.

Date of experience: November 7, 2020
Kentucky
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Used to be good information about stock markets. Now, comments are consumed with hate-speech. I wish they would leave off public comments off, like Reuter's. People can write letters to the editor instead.

Date of experience: June 1, 2020

Overview

MarketWatch's reputation has significantly declined, with customers expressing frustration over perceived censorship and biased reporting that favors specific political narratives. Many users feel that their comments are unfairly rejected, undermining the platform's claim of being an open forum for discussion. Additionally, complaints regarding subscription issues, poor customer service, and a lack of useful content have emerged, leading to dissatisfaction among former supporters. While some users still appreciate the site's financial information, the overall sentiment leans heavily towards disappointment, indicating a need for improvement in both content quality and customer engagement practices.

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