Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

Re:Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe by rwmj on Monday May 13, 2013 @06:01PM (#5701701)

No we don't. Most of this is already reported, if you want to look for it. If you're worried that citizens of your country aren't interested in those stories, you should get out and make more people aware.

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Re:Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe by stfu on Monday May 13, 2013 @06:10PM (#5701737)

This is about agenda setting. Media coverage determines what gets covered and what not.

Scandals like these make government's ongoing privacy intrusion a real, tangible issue. If I go around spreading the gospel, I am just an internet tinfoil head. If it is the headline on a national newspaper, it is a real issue that needs discussion.

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Re:Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe by yew on Monday May 13, 2013 @06:31PM (#5701854)

You seem to be assuming the direction of causation there. Not that you're wrong, necessarily, but you never can be sure.

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Re:Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe by stfu on Monday May 13, 2013 @07:12PM (#5702047)

Well, it is certainly bi-directional. Probably we can settle for the good old echo-chamber description. :)

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