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Erdogan says social media 'danger to society'

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Re: Erdogan says social media 'danger to society'

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Post by kingi »

Sven7 wrote: post #14
mindcrime wrote: post #7

The actual "biggest threat to society" is politicians.

This is very easy to say. Politicians are just reflections of who we all are. And imho they have the hardest jobs on the planet today. There isn't a course on Khan Academy, that they can take, which tells them what to do when uncontrolled chain reactions are set off by Social networks. The results will always be messy. And to then say if they just did the "right thing" all will be well, isn't being very realistic. Wh…

"And imho they have the hardest jobs on the planet today." Seriously? Please watch a bit George Carlin...

Re: Erdogan says social media 'danger to society'

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Post by doktrin »

nettdata wrote: post #19
Jun8 wrote: post #15

This quote is from his lengthy one-on-one interview ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cfNKKUDcV4 ) with the Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli on June 2nd. The purpose of this program was to explain Erdogan's ways to people and promote/show his side, it produced just the reverse reaction due to his callous comments. The one-sidedness of the Turkish TV stations is appalling: Altayli characterizes the protests as "mostly…

Saw this pic on Reddit that kind of sums it up. http://i.imgur.com/DkdgGnQ.jpg

Does this sort of sad-yet-comical media censorship work in a country like Turkey? I'm baffled that anyone in a decision making position at CNN Turk would think this is somehow a good idea.

Re: Erdogan says social media 'danger to society'

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Post by pinars »

doktrin wrote: post #22
nettdata wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Saw this pic on Reddit that kind of sums it up. http://i.imgur.com/DkdgGnQ.jpg

Does this sort of sad-yet-comical media censorship work in a country like Turkey? I'm baffled that anyone in a decision making position at CNN Turk would think this is somehow a good idea.

If you don't have access to Internet, unfortunately, it does.

I called my mom who lives in Eskisehir Saturday morning TST, and asked her about the protests. Her reaction was, "What protests?" If you get your news from TV, and if none of them broadcast the protests, then how would you know?

Re: Erdogan says social media 'danger to society'

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Post by X4 »

Sven7 wrote: post #14
mindcrime wrote: post #7

The actual "biggest threat to society" is politicians.

This is very easy to say. Politicians are just reflections of who we all are. And imho they have the hardest jobs on the planet today. There isn't a course on Khan Academy, that they can take, which tells them what to do when uncontrolled chain reactions are set off by Social networks. The results will always be messy. And to then say if they just did the "right thing" all will be well, isn't being very realistic. Wh…

I'm sorry, but this is naive and idealistic.

Politicians don't work hard and they never will, don't get fooled by the Media. Just because one travels a lot doesn't mean he/she doesn't have enough sleep or that he/she works very hard. It's the opposite!!11

They use your tax money to buy stuff for them and their family. They hire their relatives for "ghost-jobs" and double their salary within the law that they signed the other day. Get an update and a reality-check please. No offense, we're all getting brain-washed, but don't be one of the sheep.

Re: Erdogan says social media 'danger to society'

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Post by eatitraw »

pinars wrote: post #23
doktrin wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does this sort of sad-yet-comical media censorship work in a country like Turkey? I'm baffled that anyone in a decision making position at CNN Turk would think this is somehow a good idea.

If you don't have access to Internet, unfortunately, it does. I called my mom who lives in Eskisehir Saturday morning TST, and asked her about the protests. Her reaction was, "What protests?" If you get your news from TV, and if none of them broadcast the protests, then how would you know?

Sadly, when there is internet connection, the problem doesn't simply go away. In Russia, internet media are heavily censored too - so internet user has to make effort to obtain the information not biased in favour of Putin's government: there are only several "unbiased" regular online media(not counting social media like big social networks like facebook or twitter). It is much simpler to just turn on TV especially if you don't care much about politics.

The described reaction is extremely familiar to me. There were major protests in Russia during winter 2011/2012. The first protest event happened the next day after federal parliament elections(quite important event). So, after another 2 days I call my mother(she lives about 3000 km away from Moscow) and ask her if she heared about protests, and get the same reaction "What protests?".

Five days after the initial event, there was another: ~50 000 - 100 000 people gathered in the center of Moscow. Did the federal governmental media mention it? This time did, but very briefly, and understating the number of participants by order of magnitude.

Re: Erdogan says social media 'danger to society'

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Post by gbog »

Sven7 wrote: post #14
mindcrime wrote: post #7

The actual "biggest threat to society" is politicians.

This is very easy to say. Politicians are just reflections of who we all are. And imho they have the hardest jobs on the planet today. There isn't a course on Khan Academy, that they can take, which tells them what to do when uncontrolled chain reactions are set off by Social networks. The results will always be messy. And to then say if they just did the "right thing" all will be well, isn't being very realistic. Wh…

Exactly. I suppose that Turkish gov is too harsh but you cannot know what is the real best interests of Turkish people right now and what would be their well pondered decision about the issue.

In 68 in France we had major unrest, and fight with police, but the majority was actually against it and wanted De Gaulle back.

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