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Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by mc32 »

writepub wrote: post #15

The article seems to imply Sandberg approved of anti semetic attacks against Soros, conveniently ignoring the fact that Sandberg (& Zuckerberg) is a Jew herself. I don't know what the editorial team at NYT thinks is happening, but I don't think Sandberg would condone anti semetic attacks against anyone, even rivals.

The NYT takes sides. They will unfortunately omit things or insinuate things to support their opinion. NPR is much better, even though they lean left -but at least they try with exceptions.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by casefields »

writepub wrote: post #15

The article seems to imply Sandberg approved of anti semetic attacks against Soros, conveniently ignoring the fact that Sandberg (& Zuckerberg) is a Jew herself. I don't know what the editorial team at NYT thinks is happening, but I don't think Sandberg would condone anti semetic attacks against anyone, even rivals.

That is such a weak defense. It didn't work for Edward Said and it won't work for them.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by elicash »

create_novelty wrote: post #14

I would assume that any important PR decision at Facebook would have to be green lit by Sheryl or Mark or both. Not surprised at this finding by NYT

While it would be safe to assume that Facebook was being misleading from the start, it's important that news organizations do actual reporting to before coming to those types of conclusions.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by natch »

askafriend wrote: post #11
mc32 wrote: post #2

>told subordinates to examine why Mr. Soros had criticized the tech companies and whether he stood to gain financially from the attacks. Well, he is an investor who has a history of causing financial damage to whole countries by betting against their currencies. So, it shouldn't be surprising FB would want to know what might be in store for them if he went nuclear on them. What is surprising is the odd bedfellows of…

If someone is publicly saying questionable things about your organization, then trying to find out what their motivations might be by doing research is just common sense (especially if the company in question is publicly traded). So I'm with you there, I don't get the outrage here at all. It comes off as cheap and manufactured from what I'm seeing.

Which outrage are you referring to? I didn't see any in the article. It seemed pretty even keeled.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by digitalzombie »

mc32 wrote: post #2

>told subordinates to examine why Mr. Soros had criticized the tech companies and whether he stood to gain financially from the attacks. Well, he is an investor who has a history of causing financial damage to whole countries by betting against their currencies. So, it shouldn't be surprising FB would want to know what might be in store for them if he went nuclear on them. What is surprising is the odd bedfellows of…

> Well, he is an investor who has a history of causing financial damage to whole countries by betting against their currencies.

So you're judging him on the fact that he plays Forex and short?

If they didn't want that then it should be made illegal. This is a dubious statement.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by vtesucks »

mc32 wrote: post #21
writepub wrote: post #15

The article seems to imply Sandberg approved of anti semetic attacks against Soros, conveniently ignoring the fact that Sandberg (& Zuckerberg) is a Jew herself. I don't know what the editorial team at NYT thinks is happening, but I don't think Sandberg would condone anti semetic attacks against anyone, even rivals.

The NYT takes sides. They will unfortunately omit things or insinuate things to support their opinion. NPR is much better, even though they lean left -but at least they try with exceptions.

I don't mind leaning left or right. I mind lying left and right.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by mc32 »

digitalzombie wrote: post #25
mc32 wrote: post #2

>told subordinates to examine why Mr. Soros had criticized the tech companies and whether he stood to gain financially from the attacks. Well, he is an investor who has a history of causing financial damage to whole countries by betting against their currencies. So, it shouldn't be surprising FB would want to know what might be in store for them if he went nuclear on them. What is surprising is the odd bedfellows of…

> Well, he is an investor who has a history of causing financial damage to whole countries by betting against their currencies. So you're judging him on the fact that he plays Forex and short? If they didn't want that then it should be made illegal. This is a dubious statement.

It's not a judgement. It's just a fact. And the possibility exists he'd exact the same thing on a target like FB. It's just prudent on their part to look at the seriousness of the implications.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg Is Said to Have Asked Facebook Staff to Research George Soros

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Post by mc32 »

vtesucks wrote: post #26
mc32 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The NYT takes sides. They will unfortunately omit things or insinuate things to support their opinion. NPR is much better, even though they lean left -but at least they try with exceptions.

I don't mind leaning left or right. I mind lying left and right.

Right. But the NYT is not the old NYT. They are not NPR-quality any more.
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