All things already mentioned in the comments here aside, it’s somewhat personally infuriating to see headlines like this. Facebook recently disabled my account because they can’t make sense of who I am (I wrote about it and posted here earlier). I don’t know what’s going on with their algorithms but they whacked my very legit account while allowing unfiltered political news. Seems the priorities are all out of order.
Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
That wasn't the argument made in this article. It would be extremely difficult to prove that Zuck knowingly took money to run targeted campaign ads from foreigners, so that's probably not an option.
> That wasn't the argument made in this article. Who cares. Zuckerburg is being told by basically everyone to 'cool it' in all sorts of ways without actually talking about the actual reason. If he keeps doubling down it's going to end badly for him.
Yeah, after all mob rule > rule of law, at least nowadays.
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#43The NY Times isn't just allowing lies, it's prioritizing them. By allowing a certain law professor to publish opinion pieces that contain hyperbole, innuendo, and other misleading rhetoric, the NY Times is increasing the reach of this law professor. If it had not been for this opinion piece, millions of readers would otherwise have been unaware of this law professor, but are now exposed to his rhetoric thanks to the…
"By allowing a certain law professor to publish opinion pieces that contain hyperbole"
Well, you answered the question yourself: It's an opinion piece and clearly marked as such.
If said professor could spout his hyperbole in the actual news pages you'd have a point.
Facebook does not make any such distinction.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
True. The number of "anonymous sources say..." stories in the New York Times has gotten to the point of absurdity. Might as well be getting the news from 4chan.
That's not how it works in real media organizations like the NYT. Here's a nice example of how AP explains "anonymous sources" to its journalists and readers. It's harder to trick the New York Times than Jacob Wohl and QAnon believers thought: https://www.ap.org/about/news-values-and-principles/telling-...
Except for those two years worth of anonymous sources say "Mueller is going to take down Trump any day now" stories.
Re: Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not how it works in real media organizations like the NYT. Here's a nice example of how AP explains "anonymous sources" to its journalists and readers. It's harder to trick the New York Times than Jacob Wohl and QAnon believers thought: https://www.ap.org/about/news-values-and-principles/telling-...
Except for those two years worth of anonymous sources say "Mueller is going to take down Trump any day now" stories.
Reading comprehension is a prerequisite to good media literacy.