Re:Facebook Must Really Suck At Machine Learning
by jwtadvice on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:38PM
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The media industry in the United States, primarily because it functions as a propaganda medium for state narrative, has increasingly been losing credibility with its audience.
The 'fake news' thing, the 'troll' thing before that, the 'political spam' thing before that: these are attempts to prevent the manifestations of credible alternatives that can attract funding, challenge the doctrinal ideology espoused by the network of media, or further disrupt the reputation of the current infrastructure for engaging in public diplomacy.
Re:Facebook Must Really Suck At Machine Learning
by jwtadvice on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:43PM
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A bit ridiculous that I'm being downvoted for misspelling "its" as "it's". I've now corrected it in the above post.
Re:Facebook Must Really Suck At Machine Learning
by grzm on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:49PM
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I'm often curious why particular comments are down voted, so this caught my eye. Why did you come to the conclusion that it was due to a typo? That said, I don't have an alternative theory.
Re:Facebook Must Really Suck At Machine Learning
by jwtadvice on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:52PM
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I wasn't certain, but it was the only grammatical error I could see in the comment.
Re:Facebook Must Really Suck At Machine Learning
by grzm on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:56PM
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Do you know it was due to grammar? I've seen mention that some people will down vote for disagreement, for example.
Re:Facebook Must Really Suck At Machine Learning
by jwtadvice on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:59PM
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I hadn't considered it. The HN crowd is a lot better at understanding that downvotes are for comments that do not contribute to the conversation, rather than what they disagree with.
Maybe that's a more popular trend now? Having been active on HN for a long time and watched it evolve I guess I could see that...
Anyway, the branch of the conversation has gotten quite deep down the 'meta' rabbithole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Wtu8Pzvd4
>“Also interesting is, remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents. It’s different for the media. So everything you learn about this, you’re learning from us.”
CNN has yet to apologize for, or even retract, this.
Where is the outrage at all of these "real news" outlets coordinating their messaging with the DNC? Where is the shock at them asking the DNC for questions to pose to Trump? Or the concern that Hillary Clinton was given multiple debate questions by a CNN employee?
The simple fact is that almost all media is propaganda. Depending on anyone, or anything, to protect you from "fake news" is laughable.