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Re:How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation by wand3r on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:32PM (#14463065)
538 was being laughed at for 70/30 or greater and HuffPo and NYT had Hillary dancing on stage with Jay Z. I screen capped various organizations refusing to update polls, refusing to post WikiLeaks info and above all refusing to do the fucking news.

NYT broke Watergate which was embargoed by the president. I will never forgive them for how shameful and cowardly they have become. I am sure there are great men and women who work there, and for them I feel the worst.

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Re:How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation by linkregister on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:55PM (#14463310)
> refusing to post WikiLeaks info

NYT, among others, has been widely castigated by Democrats for putting Hillary Email stories on their front page.

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Re:How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation by wand3r on Thursday June 01, 2017 @03:40PM (#14463762)
No they reported it happened and never the content.
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Re:How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation by jjawssd on Thursday June 01, 2017 @03:39PM (#14463747)
"Widely castigated" is a huge hyperbole. Suppression of the email stories is absolutely critical for maintaining political control by the Democrat party.

Is there any other reason the NYT would suppress this story?

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Re:How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation by linkregister on Thursday June 01, 2017 @05:44PM (#14465123)
What are you saying, that the Democrats celebrated the move?

Are you disputing that the email story made it to the front page of the NYT?

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Re:How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation by linkregister on Thursday June 01, 2017 @02:53PM (#14463290)
The Washington Post broke Watergate.
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