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It has always been interesting to me that so many people allow Facebook to be the main curator of their news, though I suppose it's no different than people all
by sverige 10y ago
It has always been interesting to me that so many people allow Facebook to be the main curator of their news, though I suppose it's no different than people allowing network news or one newspaper to be the gatekeeper. I suppose it's human nature to take the path of least resistance.
- throwaway91111 10y agoIt's literally yahoo! People use it as their front page to the internet. If it ain't on Facebook, it's not on the internet!
- froindt 10y ago>People use it as their front page to the internet. Maybe someday they'll learn about reddit, the real front page to the Internet. /s
- tbrock 10y agoA newspaper at least might have some sort of moral obligation to tell the truth. However the masses of Facebook have no such obligation.
- dTal 10y agoDon't we all?
- camus2 10y ago> A newspaper at least might have some sort of moral obligation to tell the truth. Very few people read newspapers. And even then, newspapers aren't news anymore either, it's entertainment, using emotion to deliver "news", not facts nor reason. It's all about getting the audience "triggered". This whole "fake news" thing is so hypocrite, what "trusted" news don't understand is that they lied so much in the past people stopped trusting them. That's why people check "alternative news sources". Main stream media needs to stop taking readers trust for granted, and ask themselves why they lost that trust at first place.
- matt4077 10y agoWould you kindly point me to a lie anywhere on the current front pages of the New York Times, Guardian, Atlantic, New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, or Economist?
- visarga 10y agoLike, right now or in general?
- lawless123 10y agoLike, anything reaching the level of "Obama is a muslim commie anti-christ" that i have seen coming from right wing click-bait pages?
- 551199 10y agoHow about: 'Trump is nazi, against lgbt, racist, rapist, russian agent, going to nuke the planet' etc.
- johnward 10y agoSource showing this in "New York Times, Guardian, Atlantic, New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, or Economist".
- 551199 10y agoDid you not follow the election cycle? It has been all about false accusations about Trump. Russian agent: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/world/europe/donald-trump-russia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/world/europe/donald-trump... And the golden shower thing is fake news.
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- TeMPOraL 10y ago> A newspaper at least might have some sort of moral obligation to tell the truth. But really? As far as I can tell, they optimize solely for inducing outrage, because this drives sales/pageviews. The quality of your Facebook feed depends on the quality of your friends, which I find more reliable than regular media.
- kalleboo 10y ago> However the masses of Facebook have no such obligation. Assuming you're in the U.S. and part of the majority culture, "thou shalt not tell a lie"?
- CaptSpify 10y agoAs an American, I would argue that's an ideal that we don't generally expect most people to keep all of the time.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y ago> A newspaper at least might have some sort of moral obligation to tell the truth. A newspaper ultimately has an obligation to its stockholders. If the stockholders demand that the newspaper tells the truth, then so be it...but most stockholders would want to maximize profits. If they believe telling the truth will maximize profits, then they will probably encourage that, but it likely doesn't.
- tehwalrus 10y agoThis website is "the main curator of my news" at the moment. (I am in head-in-the-sand moment regarding brexit and trump, which make me too angry for words, so it is sort of self preservation).