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Re:Taiwan's digital minister on combatting disinformation wi... by vkou on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:53PM (#20086018)
Mainstream press doesn't like to call the government out on bald-faced lies, because then they get cut off from government information sources.

This is currently happening with the White House. Nobody has enough of a spine to be sufficiently critical of the firehose of garbage that it broadcasts, because their press correspondent credentials will be revoked.

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Re:Taiwan's digital minister on combatting disinformation wi... by mc32 on Monday June 03, 2019 @02:40PM (#20086633)
It doesn’t even have to be adversarial. Sometimes you have a fawning press. or the premier, President, prime minister, etc., can be very charismatic.
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