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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by threeseed on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:20PM (#22330009)
Of course media organisations will have a biased point of view. It is comprised of humans who by our nature will have biases. But there is a world of difference between news organisations who seek to present facts and those that seek to intentionally deceive.

And it has been taught to many kids for years how to deal with bias in media. You simply consume many different types. The problem is most people don't do this.

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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by proximitysauce on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:38PM (#22331565)
I think you should reconsider including the BBC. They most definitely intentionally deceived people for a very long time with regard to Jimmy Savile:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile_sexual_abuse_scan...

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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by sjy on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:14PM (#22332632)
This was a huge scandal which led not only to a public inquiry into the BBC’s conduct, but also a national inquiry into child sexual abuse. It doesn’t undermine the grandparent’s point that the BBC is a different kind of organisation to Fox News.
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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by proximitysauce on Saturday February 15, 2020 @12:00PM (#22336384)
> It doesn’t undermine the grandparent’s point that the BBC is a different kind of organisation to Fox News.

I guess that depends on if you think making one of the worst pedophiles in history a network star for decades is "better" than FOX. I don't think it is, both networks are not trustworthy.

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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by BrandonMarc on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:19PM (#22331849)
... and that's merely a recent example.
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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by VRay on Monday February 17, 2020 @02:47PM (#22350114)
I dunno if consuming many types of garbage data is going to help you zero in on the truth
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