Re:Facebook to CNN: InfoWars offers “opinion and analysis,” ...
by whatshisface on Saturday July 14, 2018 @08:54PM
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Does the Onion offer opinion and analysis? Further, InfoWars has a team of writers and sometimes publishes true news. A policy that blocked InfoWars could block a true post from a website on the grounds that a previous, satirical post was disliked by the staff.
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Re:Facebook to CNN: InfoWars offers “opinion and analysis,” ...
by alphabettsy on Saturday July 14, 2018 @10:51PM
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The Onion makes no claims about being anything other than satire. The fact that Infowars publishes true news occasionally is no more significant than the fact that sometimes Onion stories end up happenening in real life.
Sowing doubt in the distrustful is simple and Infowars exploits that tendency in people while offering some signs of legitimacy by sometimes reporting on events like traditional news. Mix in enough BS and it becomes hard to tell what’s real, nothing new or special about that idea.
If the majority of what you publish is unsupported by evidence then you should not be considered news, commentary or entertainment sure, but not news.
Re:Facebook to CNN: InfoWars offers “opinion and analysis,” ...
by microwavecamera on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:03PM
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Including some factual information is what makes lies believable.
Re:Facebook to CNN: InfoWars offers “opinion and analysis,” ...
by FLUX-YOU on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:00PM
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I guess if you post real news often enough, it cancels out the bad stuff you actually did.
Re:Facebook to CNN: InfoWars offers “opinion and analysis,” ...
by lizardskull on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:17PM
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CNN, the guardian, and the Washington Post could also work under that principle after all the misinformation and falsehoods they have published this year.