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If those things are happening in the world, then I do think it's valuable to be able to see them. Recent example: Trump decided to end the CIA program arming r
by dilap 9y ago
If those things are happening in the world, then I do think it's valuable to be able to see them.
Recent example: Trump decided to end the CIA program arming rebel groups in Syria after watching a video of one such group behead a young boy.
- euyyn 9y agoThere's a strong point to be made that taking the trouble to burn a man alive inside a big jail is only valuable to them because the citizens of their enemy countries are watching. And there's also the difference between reporting horrible, graphical news, and being the platform for ISIS to tell and show them in their terms.
- zimpenfish 9y ago> Trump decided to end the CIA program arming rebel groups in Syria after watching a video of one such group behead a young boy Do you have a source for that? The only one I could find is The Weekly Standard which doesn't cite any officials or sources itself.
- dilap 9y agoYeah, that's my source too, by way of Twitter. I would assume they're not just completely making it up, but who knows?
- zimpenfish 9y agoStories with no cited sources, anonymous or otherwise, are almost certainly making it up (or, to be charitable, conflating several disjunct events into a causal stream that doesn't exist.)