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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by temp8964 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:45PM (#26426792)
It's not fair to just blame Facebook though. Twitter, reddit, CNN, FoxNews, all have the same kind of behavior.

It's also not fair to just blame the media. How about the politicians? Any major political leader dare to elaborate a balanced view at all?

It seems to be deeply rooted in partisan politics.

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by barbazoo on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:49PM (#26430011)
Absolutely, it's more than just Facebook but also other social platforms and "news" outlets.

And in some countries definitely the political class as well.

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Re:How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:46PM (#26427485)
And MSNBC. They were heavily pushing the Russia collaboration story.
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