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> It's better than the alternative, which is allowing Russian disinformation to determine facts. No it's not better. "Russian disinformation" is a bullshit ter
by factsaresacred 9y ago
> It's better than the alternative, which is allowing Russian disinformation to determine facts.
No it's not better. "Russian disinformation" is a bullshit term to describe overblown and mostly ineffective tactics used by just about all governments.
Disinformation clogs the web. From WaPo to NYT to Salon to [insert media outlet here]. The very same bozos who sold you the Iraq war.
The dumbness of American discourse is almost too much to bear. Your shining city upon a hill apparently can't handle $100,000 worth of targeted ads. It's embarrassing.
- rhcom2 9y agoThat's the line Trump loves to get people to believe, that random fake blogs are equal to newspapers in their disinformation. And why investigate it? Everyone is just as bad /s
- AlexandrB 9y ago> And why investigate it? Everyone is just as bad /s I find the same is true of discussions about tech companies and privacy: "Oh they're all stealing all your data anyway, so why bother choosing on that basis." The irony, of course, is that this subtly undermines the premise of capitalism and especially Libertarianism (I get this from libertarian friends a lot). If you claim that my choice of search provider is meaningless, how can the market self-correct if people start to value privacy?
- dragonwriter 9y ago> "Russian disinformation" is a bullshit term to describe overblown and mostly ineffective tactics used by just about all governments. No, the particular aggressive global propaganda (approach and scale) by the Putin regime had become a wide concern even before any discussion of it being directly targeted on the US election. See, e.g., https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html