Re:Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
by starik36 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:36AM
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"We need a more educated and engaged public". Well said.
However, the issue here is that pretty much every news outlet straight up shilled for a candidate. CNN, MSNBC, NYT, HuffPo, ABC, CBS for Clinton and Fox News for Trump.
How is a non-computer savvy person (your parents, aunts and uncles) that doesn't know how to research things online supposed to form an independent opinion if these news organizations are their only window into the world?
However, the issue here is that pretty much every news outlet straight up shilled for a candidate. CNN, MSNBC, NYT, HuffPo, ABC, CBS for Clinton and Fox News for Trump.
How is a non-computer savvy person (your parents, aunts and uncles) that doesn't know how to research things online supposed to form an independent opinion if these news organizations are their only window into the world?