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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by ssalazar on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:12PM (#12924975)
> Because, like it or not, Facebook has become a trusted news source. Because of that, they have a duty to accurately report the news.

What other trusted news source has this "duty?" What other trusted news source does not have biased editors?

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by zeveb on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:29PM (#12925123)
> What other trusted news source has this "duty?"

All of them.

> What other trusted news source does not have biased editors?

None of them, of course. Man is a fallible creature.

But other news sources try, most of the time, to be objective and accurate.

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