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Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
by Aeolun on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:41AM
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Indeed. There is way too little news specifically targeted at nr. 4, even though that group is rapidly growing.
Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
by pjc50 on Friday February 01, 2019 @07:09AM
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Billionaires so it the other way round: buy a paper and tell it what to print.
Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing
by beaconstudios on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:59AM
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it appears that you're suggesting that the only sides to politics are the perfect good people (presumably the progressive left), and their evil opposition comprised entirely of fascists, fascist apologists and cynical hypercapitalists. I presume most readers are already aware of this, but that is a highly inaccurate presentation of the range of political positions people hold.
To present politics as a battle of good versus evil is extremely harmful to discourse because it dehumanises the opposition. In my experience, most conservatives and liberals alike are moderate and policy-focused, believing that one approach or another will solve any given issue. Of course you do get extremists, but they are a fringe minority on both sides.