Re:In U.K. Vote, Online Disinformation Is the New Normal
by cmsd2 on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @10:12AM
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the rise of this submission to the front page and the swift sinking back under the waves, along with the vote war on comments here is interesting. this place isn't nearly so left-leaning as i'd assumed.
Re:In U.K. Vote, Online Disinformation Is the New Normal
by non-entity on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @10:13AM
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It seems mostly to be socdems and right-libertarians, depending on what thread you're on.
Re:In U.K. Vote, Online Disinformation Is the New Normal
by trwhite on Thursday December 12, 2019 @07:56AM
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I agree with your point in parentheses. It appears I've been downvoted into oblivion despite not even indicating my own leaning.
Even if we're acknowledging that this story wasn't a setup, it's wrong to suggest that there's more right-wing bias in British media than left. It's probably about the same, though of course some establishments will always have particular leanings (e.g. Guardian to the left) Even the Beeb, which one would assume is neutral, regularly jumps on the Boris-bashing brigade.
It wasn't. There's an official statement from the hospital confirming they had no beds left. Of course, the media chose to report it, but they aren't lying.
The right-wing media lied about it though, and it's a very relevant example of online disinformation:
"Despite the claim that the photo was staged having been acknowledged as false, it [the claim] has continued to spread on both Facebook and Twitter [...] Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson retweeted screenshots of the Facebook page to her followers twice, telling them “I presume this is genuine”, and adding later that the photo was “100% faked”. Her posts have received thousands of retweets between them."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/10/woman-says-acc...
(This is already downvoted, along with every non-pro-Tory comment in this discussion. Probably it will recover, HN usually does, but it would be better if people who disagree counter the arguments, rather than just downvoting what they're uncomfortable with.)