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He literally is the media. What’s wrong with the idea that that he observed something, made a decision, and then acted on it? Or is he presumed to have no agen
by CPLX 8y ago
He literally is the media.
What’s wrong with the idea that that he observed something, made a decision, and then acted on it? Or is he presumed to have no agency?
- chrissam 8y agoMaybe you're right - maybe Facebook is doing all this bad stuff and Walt Mossberg happened to notice and decided to follow through. But I'm skeptical - I think the more traditional news media (aka the folks who write stories and collect facts) tends to view news aggregators as a threat to their business model. I think the idea that Facebook ought to be required to screen whatever news it aggregates for "truthfulness" is absurd and I (sometimes) think that the constant refrain of "Facebook did X Bad Thing" is closer to activism than journalism. But I could be wrong - I'm not as certain as my first post indicated.
- asdff 8y agoI don't think news media outlets are very concerned about social networks anymore; NYT is on literally every app in everyone's pocket, whereas before it was just in the hands of their direct subscribers and sales.