Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web

Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by seanclayton on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:29PM (#25318012)

The warmongering driven by the New York Times regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in particular, has led to a large number of people being blown up. Dead.

There are dead people, because the New York Times was allowed to exist.

That is not something that you should be fighting for. You are not fighting for any greater good there. You are promoting something that leads to actual, real people dying.

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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by altacc on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:58PM (#25319605)

This is false equivalence.

Whilst the media can influence people, including politicians, there is very little in common between the lead up to the Iraq war and the mass murders the parent poster is referring to.

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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by r00fus on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:45PM (#25318163)

I don’t think the NYT is any bastion of the free press. They are far too corrupt.

I’d be happy if both NYT and 8chan didn’t exist.

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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by xfitm3 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @04:26PM (#25318532)

The death of the FCC fairness doctrine in 1987 effectively killed the integrity of journalism and allowed op-ed and infotainment to take place of informed and factual reporting.

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

I'd be happy if this was successfully reintroduced. I can't imagine why this isn't widely supported, especially by those who detest "fake news" and want misinformation to be suppressed.

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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by r00fus on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:05PM (#25334077)

Agreed, the death of the fairness doctrine led to shock jocks and opinion untethered from any counterpoint.

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