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Although both articles are pretty terrible, having just reread 1984 again, it all seems familiar. It's funny how when the internet began we thought it would mak
by coldcode 10y ago
Although both articles are pretty terrible, having just reread 1984 again, it all seems familiar. It's funny how when the internet began we thought it would make the truth easier to see; what we got instead is this, both the truth and the lies are mixed up and you can't tell one from another. What we need, assuming you can build it given how hard it is to tell them apart, is a technology that can tell them apart. Of course it might also be co-opted and then we can't believe anything.
I always find it amazing how 1984 turned into a how-to manual.
- wallace_f 10y agoI don't see any evidence The Intercept's article is deceitful. The Intercept and Greenwald are almost always credible and legit. Being targeted and harassed illegally by your own government for doing journalistic work on your government is a much greater badge of honour than a Presidential Medal of Freedom or Nobel Peace Prize.