Facebook head of news cofounded site critical of Elizabeth Warren

Post by EpicEng » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 6:23 PM UTC

alecb wrote: post #18

rayiner wrote: post #15

I feel like this is grasping at straws. Facebook’s head of news co-founded a site in 2015 that promotes school choice, something supported by a majority of people and a super majority of people of color: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/school-choice-strong-... . The articles posted on this site were critical of Warren because of Warren’s opposition to school choice, but has also criticized the other Democratic…

Ah yes, "school choice", a nice rebranding effort for privatizing another industry so Betsy Devos and other aspiring oligarchs can destroy a public good for their profit.

Post by vuln » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 6:24 PM UTC

Miner49er wrote: post #21

rayiner wrote: post #15

I feel like this is grasping at straws. Facebook’s head of news co-founded a site in 2015 that promotes school choice, something supported by a majority of people and a super majority of people of color: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/school-choice-strong-... . The articles posted on this site were critical of Warren because of Warren’s opposition to school choice, but has also criticized the other Democratic…

This article posted to HN yesterday is better IMO: https://popular.info/p/facebooks-top-news-executive-has It points out Brown is friends with Betsy DeVos. It points out that Eric Owens, a far-right regular writer for the Daily Caller, has written 11 articles for The 74. I agree that the part about Warren is grasping at straws a bit. I think it's more interesting that Brown is right leaning, yet she's in charge of FB…

Post by rpmisms » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 6:26 PM UTC

tasty_freeze wrote: post #24

gadders wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't think the whole debacle about claiming to be native american has hurt her credibility somewhat?

Really, people are going to hang her on this issue? Most people have some family lore that isn't 100% verified -- oh, really, your great grandfather was hero in the civil war? maybe, maybe not. There isn't a pattern of deceit on her part, this "debacle" wasn't a sin of great consequence, all the while it is pushed over and over by someone whose entire life is built on manufacturing falsehoods. "Both sides do it" does…

Post by rpmisms » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 6:28 PM UTC

mikeyouse wrote: post #20

JungleGymSam wrote: post #10

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What's your take on CNN and MSNBC? Mother Jones? The Daily Kos? HuffPo? etc.

Breitbart is an explicitly white nationalist publication. There is no comparison with standard news. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-mille... Edit: Good lord people. SPLC has a cache of emails from Stephen Miller written to various people at Breitbart about reporting their stories with explicit white nationalist ideology. You don't have to like SPLC to believe the leaked emails any more than yo…

Post by jimhefferon » Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 6:29 PM UTC

gadders wrote: post #11

SN76477 wrote: post #5

Politics is full of bad actors, I do not think Warren is one of those people. You can disagree with her, sure, but she just wants to create fairness for all in my opinion. Facebook is the opposite of this, with their closed systems, back door dealings and often shady business practices it makes perfect sense that they are opposed to her.

You don't think the whole debacle about claiming to be native american has hurt her credibility somewhat?