Re:Google and Facebook Have Failed Us
by pdonis on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:09PM
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Why is this getting downvotes? It's spot on. The "mainstream media" have been failing us for years, yet now suddenly it's all Google's and Facebook's fault that people are getting inaccurate information fed to them?
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Re:Google and Facebook Have Failed Us
by olivermarks on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:03AM
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+1 There are plenty of brave journalists/bloggers but very few editors or corporate media vehicles prepared to publish their investigative reporting. I wouldn't dream of using FB as a go to 'news' source, while Google is essentially an aggregator/curator of information sources I may or may not take seriously.
The idea that these lightweight websites should somehow be the gatekeepers of 'the truth' is pretty offensive. I prefer to triangulate across multiple sources and make up my own mind base don the information I uncover.
Example: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/oct/02/gunman-who-killed-5...
A lead story in the local Vegas newspaper states the alleged gunman was a multi millionaire property owner. Is this true? I have no way of proving it but it is certainly food for thought...