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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by teekert on Friday November 11, 2016 @05:07AM (#12929344)
You must have missed the leaked emails in which Clinton exerts massive influence on the media, planning every last details in exchange for all kinds of rewards [0]

[0] http://observer.com/2016/08/wikileaks-reveals-mainstream-med...

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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by sethrin on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:09PM (#12934349)
I did miss that. Was that article intended to support that view? The incidents listed don't seem to have been terribly well planned or executed, or to have garnered any positive results. That seems difficult to reconcile with the idea of a powerful media conspiracy.
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