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Wait, you mean there's bias in our media? All joking aside- I remember watching ed Snowden go from being a "whistleblower" to a "leaker" in the space of 8 hour
by fallingfrog 8y ago
Wait, you mean there's bias in our media?
All joking aside- I remember watching ed Snowden go from being a "whistleblower" to a "leaker" in the space of 8 hours. I watched Alexandria ocasio Cortez go from a bold new voice to being portrayed as a know-nothing (in a pretty sexist way) in about 6 hours. I remember how all the media were creaming themselves with excitement over the wmd's they were going to find in Iraq. I observe how the crimes of saudi Arabia are getting papered over and not reported right now. So yeah.. not surprising.
- tzs 8y agoWhat media are you talking about? I Googled in Google News for Alexandria ocasio Cortes, and almost all of the coverage I found from mainstream publications was positive.
- hotpockets 8y agoI checked and results are very different if you spell her name with a z, as she does.
- tzs 8y agoAhhh....OK. I copy/pasted the spelling from the comment I replied to. It didn't occur to me to check to see if it was spelled right there.
- fallingfrog 8y agoThanks, corrected
- mavhc 8y agoI don't see a difference, or much in the way of attack articles
- hotpockets 8y agoThe "s" page had a bunch of month-old stuff. The "z" page was more recent news. I just rechecked and it's mostly the same way (though we're already in a different news cycle). When I check previously, 4 out the first 5 links were negative. Now, it's 3 out of 6. (Different news cycle) https://screenshots.firefox.com/c8bGMXUBBHMFkqga/www.google.com https://screenshots.firefox.com/c8bGMXUBBHMFkqga/www.google.... vs https://screenshots.firefox.com/UeE3uvdbOyBrvvKT/www.google.com https://screenshots.firefox.com/UeE3uvdbOyBrvvKT/www.google....
- simula67 8y ago> Alexandria ocasio Cortes go from a bold new voice to being portrayed as a know-nothing (in a pretty sexist way) in about 6 hours Are you kidding ? She said US military was given $700 billion increase that they didn't ask for. She said that US unemployment is low becuase everyone has two jobs. She said ICE has to detain 34,000 people every night by law. http://www.politifact.com/personalities/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ http://www.politifact.com/personalities/alexandria-ocasio-co... This 'if you criticise Democrat female politicians you must be sexist' line is incredibly annoying
- supernovae 8y agoShe was criticized for being female regardless of her misconceptions on military spending and how many jobs people have. A huge chunk of the world doesn't give equal forgiving or demands of females as they do males - they demand more and forgive less. Ever looked at PolitiFact for just about every other politician? Just look at Serena Williams.. she blabbed and it may be the end of her career (or a lingering black eye)yet for other males in the sport, it just means the front page on the newspaper and nothing else the next day... We can't ignore this. I wouldn't want AI to shape the views of women any worse than they already are just as we shouldn't use targeted bias in user comments to make her look unique in light of her male counterparts than ran against her - of which they all have/had faults and screw ups themselves.
- monochromatic 8y ago> She was criticized for being female No, she wasn't. There are lots of successful female politicians. She was criticized for being a moron.
- supernovae 8y agoYes, she was. It's a systemic problem in American society. Your comment is essentially proof of your bias. Unless you want to back it up and say everyone is a moron because once again, everyone has said things that could categorically quantify them as a moron - but your holding HER and specifically HER to a special case.
- Janeman544 8y agoCortes's portrayal however seems pretty spot on to me.