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> The Alphabet chief, who has been referred to by Hillary Clinton as a “longtime friend,” added that the experience of “the last year” They don't even pretend

by rdtsc 9y ago

> The Alphabet chief, who has been referred to by Hillary Clinton as a “longtime friend,” added that the experience of “the last year” They don't even pretend to be unbiased. "Hillary is my friend and she refuses to acknowledge she lost due to her own hubris. Instead blames Russia, so I am going along with her here". > showed that audiences could not be trusted to distinguish fake and real news for themselves. "The people don't seem to be swallowing our propaganda for some reason. The Manufacturing Consent machine has broken down a bit. Please stand by while tweak our algorithms to ensure they are force fed the proper version of truth". To be more serious, RT is propaganda and a branch of the Russian government just like Fox New is a branch of Republican party. What is interesting is the other media (traditional TV and print news) and now the tech companies have also dropped the pretense. Well at least things are bit more clear. Nobody is pretending anymore. That in itself is a step forward as well.

grandalf 9y ago
> What is interesting is the other media (traditional TV and print news) and now the tech companies have also dropped the pretense. It is a relief that it's happened during the era when we can be sure that it was due to human judgment and not due to some sort of AI quirk.
- Sone7 9y ago
  It's disturbing how all your comments are going grey.. Fuck this site, it's lost it's way.
caconym_ 9y ago
You do not have to be a fan of Hillary Clinton to think that "audiences [can] not be trusted to distinguish fake and real news for themselves" based on the "experience of 'the last year'". The mention of her name in literally the same sentence where they implicitly question the validity of the "fake news" narrative could not be more transparently calculated. So yes, you are right that RT is propaganda, but in that light I'm not sure how to take your first two sentences. The word "irony" comes to mind.
- rdtsc 9y ago
  > The word "irony" comes to mind. There is irony in how it is presented, and I tend to be confusing, but to clarify my position, just because I think Google is going too far and don't like Hillary doesn't mean that I automatically like or support RT or Fox News.

by rdtsc 9y ago

grandalf 9y ago

> What is interesting is the other media (traditional TV and print news) and now the tech companies have also dropped the pretense. It is a relief that it's happened during the era when we can be sure that it was due to human judgment and not due to some sort of AI quirk.

Sone7 9y ago
It's disturbing how all your comments are going grey.. Fuck this site, it's lost it's way.

caconym_ 9y ago

You do not have to be a fan of Hillary Clinton to think that "audiences [can] not be trusted to distinguish fake and real news for themselves" based on the "experience of 'the last year'". The mention of her name in literally the same sentence where they implicitly question the validity of the "fake news" narrative could not be more transparently calculated. So yes, you are right that RT is propaganda, but in that light I'm not sure how to take your first two sentences. The word "irony" comes to mind.

rdtsc 9y ago
> The word "irony" comes to mind. There is irony in how it is presented, and I tend to be confusing, but to clarify my position, just because I think Google is going too far and don't like Hillary doesn't mean that I automatically like or support RT or Fox News.