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I speculate that it's because those on the right are more "ends justify the means" type of people. Curious what others think.
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In an alternative scenario you could have the state-run media, cough insert-name-here cough , simply forcing every single outlet to run with their version of the headline: "There still is no Facebook, only use National Party Communication Gathering Website!"
Studies have found that state run media in democratic nations are the least biased. NPR, BBC.
I'm totally fine with this. If you want to advocate for a world in which all resources are privately-owned (leaving no commonly-owned space for discourse) and that a global, multi-billion-dollar social media service has the same free speech rights as a mom and pop grocery, then you deserve to reap the rewards of your own ideology.
This is not about free speech in any way.
It is similar to Republican Jesus (https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/republican-jesus)
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I am curious how many of these medias actually admit that they are biased themselves?
My anecdata suggests conservative outlets tend to acknowledge their bias, as a counterweight to liberal bias in the "mainstream" media, whereas liberal outlets tend to believe themselves to be unbiased. Given how much liberal outlets scoff at the notion of there being a pervasive liberal bias in the MSM, I suspect they legitimately just don't see it as they're surrounded by people with the same political views and so…
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In an alternative scenario you could have the state-run media, cough insert-name-here cough , simply forcing every single outlet to run with their version of the headline: "There still is no Facebook, only use National Party Communication Gathering Website!"
Studies have found that state run media in democratic nations are the least biased. NPR, BBC.
Why am I supposed to care? Facebook isn't a news source. They're a software company. They're under no obligation to be fair and balanced.
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It's not always that. Most of the thinking I've heard about this is not to control what Facebook may or not do. Many critics say that Facebook is a private company and can do what they want. The complaint among them is that Facebook lies about it.
Why would "Facebook is a private company and can do what they want" not apply to lying, as long as it doesn't become fraud?
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Studies have found that state run media in democratic nations are the least biased. NPR, BBC.
If you genuinely think NPR is the least biased news source available in the US, you have more serious problems.
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> The NY Post and WSJ are Murdoch/Fox/News Corp publications; they are on a mission And Huffington Post, Salon, Vox are not on a mission?
> And Huffington Post, Salon, Vox are not on a mission? Yes, that's why I identified them as the liberal publications.
With the recent headlines, editor's notes, and articles HuffPo has run, it's becoming difficult to view them as a news organization rather than a tabloid.[1]
The headline on the homepage, in bold, red,
72-point font, reads: "NH GOES RACIST SEXIST
XENOPHOBIC."
In late January, Huffington Post announced that all of
its Trump-related articles would include an editor's note
reading, "Donald Trump is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe,
racist, misogynist, birther and bully who has repeatedly
pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an
entire religion -- from entering the U.S."
While the editorial stance may delight Trump's detractors,
it is viewed by many members of the political press corps
as unbecoming of an outlet that bills itself as a news organization.
You look confused. Probably because people want to call facebook "social media" and Fox News is also called "media". Fox News produces editorial content. They are entitled to their opinion thanks to the first Amendment. Facebook is a delivery channel. They do not produce editorial content so they are not allowed to have bias in the very same way that your TV set is not allowed to receive only conservative news channe…
That's simply not true; they're allowed to do anything they want.