Re:Platforms' current attempts to regulate misinformation am...
by giantg2 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:52PM
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I think there has to be a mix of factual knowledge and logical argument construction. Without either component, a valid argument would be unlikely to form.
I mean, just look at the gender wage gap. Even the president (Obama at the time) misrepresented the wage gap at the state of the union and almost all of the media went along with it. The wage gap has been demonstrated by the BLS study (fact), but was being misused to influence to population to believe that men make about 20% more than women in the same job, all else equal.
I mean, just look at the gender wage gap. Even the president (Obama at the time) misrepresented the wage gap at the state of the union and almost all of the media went along with it. The wage gap has been demonstrated by the BLS study (fact), but was being misused to influence to population to believe that men make about 20% more than women in the same job, all else equal.