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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by dillondoyle on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:17PM (#25665895)
This is also true of TV, print, and other non-social medias - and that seems to be under commented on HN.

Has existed for longer and I believe started this downhill trajectory, perhaps created the 'tinder' if you will.

They too do it for the engagement/ratings.

Rupert Murdoch's empire as a prime cause creating an alternate reality solely because it made his media the #1 most watched news network, print, etc.

They've even argued in court themselves that any 'normal' person wouldn't take their 'news' seriously. Take Tucker Carlson's early videos as another example of this gross negligence; he's an actor saying what gets views no matter his actual beliefs are.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by intended on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:32PM (#25666052)
Absolutely.

And making that distinction helps highlight that there are factors in how information is shaped and transmitted through networks of people that results in these outcomes.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by dillondoyle on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:23PM (#25666502)
Especially financial factors... It's an incentive when human nature seems to prefer the untrue/insane.
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