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Do you mind linking to where Obama said that? The closest I can find is this: https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-decries-wild-west-media-landscape-214642552.html
by nickodell 10y ago
Do you mind linking to where Obama said that? The closest I can find is this: https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-decries-wild-west-media-landscape-214642552.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-decries-wild-west-media-lan...
>"We are going to have to rebuild within this wild-wild-west-of-information flow some sort of curating function that people agree to," Obama said at an innovation conference in Pittsburgh.
Why do you think that the curation is going to be done by the government or by government appointed gatekeepers?
- marknutter 10y agoIt's implied by the use of the word "we" and the fact that he is a government employee.
- rat87 10y ago> It's implied by the use of the word "we" and the fact that he is a government employee. I think it's clear that's he's asking for a rebuilt mainstream media so that people can at agree on facts.
- nickodell 10y agoI can see that interpretation, but I don't think that's what he meant. To me, he's saying that those platforms should develop their own systems in a way that's acceptable to them.