Former Google CEO Calls Social Networks ‘Amplifiers for Idiots’

Re:Former Google CEO Calls Social Networks ‘Amplifiers for I... by anm89 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:56PM (#24864656)

I think it's worth noting that the news being biased is a fairly new phenomenon. They didnt just expose some long standing problem with prtisan media. The partisan media barely existed 20 years ago.

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Re:Former Google CEO Calls Social Networks ‘Amplifiers for I... by pixl97 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @10:49PM (#24865556)

Eh, that depends. There was plenty of biased news in 2000. Media consolidation has started long before that.

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Re:Former Google CEO Calls Social Networks ‘Amplifiers for I... by anm89 on Friday October 23, 2020 @12:39PM (#24871296)

I'm definitely not arguing that biased news started after that but it was much more niche then. And if you go back 20 years from that, it was incredibly fringe.

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