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This whole fake news thing is ridiculous. Where is all of the outrage at CNN telling its viewers, falsely, that it's illegal for them to read Wikileaks? https:
by marcoperaza 10y ago
This whole fake news thing is ridiculous. Where is all of the outrage at CNN telling its viewers, falsely, that it's illegal for them to read Wikileaks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Wtu8Pzvd4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Wtu8Pzvd4
>“Also interesting is, remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents. It’s different for the media. So everything you learn about this, you’re learning from us.”
CNN has yet to apologize for, or even retract, this.
Where is the outrage at all of these "real news" outlets coordinating their messaging with the DNC? Where is the shock at them asking the DNC for questions to pose to Trump? Or the concern that Hillary Clinton was given multiple debate questions by a CNN employee?
The simple fact is that almost all media is propaganda. Depending on anyone, or anything, to protect you from "fake news" is laughable.
- jwtadvice 10y agoThe media industry in the United States, primarily because it functions as a propaganda medium for state narrative, has increasingly been losing credibility with its audience. The 'fake news' thing, the 'troll' thing before that, the 'political spam' thing before that: these are attempts to prevent the manifestations of credible alternatives that can attract funding, challenge the doctrinal ideology espoused by the network of media, or further disrupt the reputation of the current infrastructure for engaging in public diplomacy.
- jwtadvice 10y agoA bit ridiculous that I'm being downvoted for misspelling "its" as "it's". I've now corrected it in the above post.
- grzm 10y agoI'm often curious why particular comments are down voted, so this caught my eye. Why did you come to the conclusion that it was due to a typo? That said, I don't have an alternative theory.
- jwtadvice 10y agoI wasn't certain, but it was the only grammatical error I could see in the comment.
- grzm 10y agoDo you know it was due to grammar? I've seen mention that some people will down vote for disagreement, for example.
- jwtadvice 10y agoI hadn't considered it. The HN crowd is a lot better at understanding that downvotes are for comments that do not contribute to the conversation, rather than what they disagree with. Maybe that's a more popular trend now? Having been active on HN for a long time and watched it evolve I guess I could see that... Anyway, the branch of the conversation has gotten quite deep down the 'meta' rabbithole.
- grzm 10y agoAgreed. Thanks for the feedback!