Re:Russian Agents Are Not Behind Every Piece of Fake News Yo...
by ryuuchin on Sunday November 27, 2016 @02:27AM
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Well you can at least argue that traditional news media does hold itself to certain journalistic standards (I'm talking news articles, not opinion pieces).
I think an issue we have with getting news from places like FB is that (I think) it will often show news or stories which you probably align with politically or reinforce your views (leading to increased polarization). Compare that to how we used to get our news from papers or the TV were we couldn't control the programming.
Re:Russian Agents Are Not Behind Every Piece of Fake News Yo...
by otaviokz on Sunday November 27, 2016 @01:47PM
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WE couldn't control the content. But do we even know who was controlling what should be shown/investigated/high lined or not? Or what makes a "credible" font?
I think an issue we have with getting news from places like FB is that (I think) it will often show news or stories which you probably align with politically or reinforce your views (leading to increased polarization). Compare that to how we used to get our news from papers or the TV were we couldn't control the programming.