News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Twitter to ban political advertising. Parent comment

Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by carlallison on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:56AM (#21408176)
> It is better to let everyone speak and everyone to make their own decisions

Majority of the people simply trust the media they like or get used to. They usually assume news from these channels have been fact-checked or are trustworthy but we all know messages can be crafted in different ways.

In other words, the media can potentially/likely manipulate how people think and make decisions.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising by jeegsy on Thursday October 31, 2019 @11:29AM (#21409837)
>They usually assume news from these channels have been fact-checked or are trustworthy

I think this is irrelevant. People will listen to what they like to hear or what matches what they already think. NOBODY is exempt from this, I dont care how smart you think you are.

[ Parent | on HN ]