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Re:Facebook is America’s scapegoat du jour by wu-ikkyu on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:28AM (#16658497)
Do you really think corporate conglomerates have no interest in PR campaigns that benefit their bottom line? It doesn't take "huge amounts of people", just a handful of board members.
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Re:Facebook is America’s scapegoat du jour by orbital-decay on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:36AM (#16658578)
Of course they do. They influence the bias by various means. They don't select particular topics. To choose the specific topic everyone is talking about today, you need just a bit more than a handful of board members though.
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Re:Facebook is America’s scapegoat du jour by wu-ikkyu on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:55AM (#16658759)
That's what communications and PR departments are for. It's silly to think they don't push specific topics that align with their goals, as directed by the people who pay their salaries, the board of directors.
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