"Man is by nature a political animal." --Aristotle
Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives
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Re: Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives
#122It's always a "rogue employee"
There are phases to big corporate press releases for these things.
1. My dog doesn't bite 2. My dog does bite but it isn't my fault 3. My dog wouldn't have bitten if consumers had more personal responsibility (I don't see how they could ever make the leap to this one)
Re: Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
Reality has a notorious liberal bias. Look at climate change, which went from scientific position to liberal position.
Just so you know, I read "Reality has a $MY_POSITION bias" as "I've completely epistemically closed myself by reading only what I agree with". Perhaps not something you really want to advertise quite so loudly.
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
@voku of course there is, otherwise this wouldn't be news.
This is manufactured outrage. As mentioned by abiox, in a free country, every source of news is free to lie and distort things as much as it feels like. Facebook having an anti-conservative slant (true or not) is about as newsworthy as Fox News having an anti-reason slant. For some reason, though, there aren't too many conservative senators wringing their hands and calling for an investigation into the latter.
Actually, courts have established that the first amendment does not necessarily allow anyone to lie and distort things as much as they wish. There are limitations.
It's just that some people are better than others at skirting along that line.
Re: Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives
#125I'm still waiting for the Fox News bias probe.
Evidence seems to indicate that MSNBC is actually the most biased news network.[1] [1] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/14/five-facts-a...
I think you're referring to this part of the linked article:
> In the final stretch of the campaign, nearly half (46%) of Obama’s coverage on Fox was negative, while just 6% was positive in tone. But MSNBC produced an even harsher narrative about the Republican in the race: 71% of Romney’s coverage was negative, versus 3% positive.
I am unsure it supports an argument for being the "most biased news network" outside of a specific election.
Also, it does not appear to account for reporting on a sitting president (who is also running for reelection) and will generate non-election news as well as election news versus a candidate who is not currently generating much news outside of their election.
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#127This is not the Washington Post. It is the Washington Times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times
Founded in 1982 by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon,
the Times was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the church until 2010, in which Moon and a group of former executives purchased the paper. It is currently owned by diversified conglomerate Operations Holdings.[Re: Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives
#128If Facebook et al are going to replace the dying traditional print and broadcast media, maybe they need to be subject to the equal-time rule as well? Pushing "Don't forget to vote!" reminders only to Facebook users who are likely to vote in favor of facebook-friendly policies and candidates is one interesting anecdote I've seen. I take it with a grain of salt but it's nevertheless illustrative of the power that can b…
What equal-time rule are the traditional print and broadcast media in the US subject to?
Re: Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives
#129It's interesting how media outlets are spinning this news. People that read conservative media are left thinking that Facebook has admitted bias. People that read liberal media are left thinking the opposite. Washington Times: "Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives" LA Times: "Facebook investigation reveals no evidence of bias against conservative topics, company says" NY Times: "F…
This is not the Washington Post. It is the Washington Times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Times
Founded in 1982 by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon,
the Times was owned by News World Communications, an international
media conglomerate associated with the church until 2010,
in which Moon and a group of former executives purchased the paper.
It is currently owned by diversified conglomerate Operations Holdings.Re: Facebook admits rogue employees may have shown bias against conservatives
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am curious how many of these medias actually admit that they are biased themselves?
That of course is the interesting question. Of course the media knows they are biased, some even call it out in their tag line like "The conservative voice" others are less outspoken. Facebook is in an interesting position, they have such a wide swath of populations for reasons other than an editorial slant, they have people on site who might disagree with their position. Unlike the media where people who don't like…
Stupid question, I imagine... I thought that Facebook users subscribe to the posting feeds of individuals and organizations of their own choosing. Would not the resulting custom feed be comprised of articles from sources which that particular user selected?
Where is the Facebook editorial bias coming into play?