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Isn't this just a rehash of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19759490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19759490 I wish one day real journalists will l

Isn't this just a rehash of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19759490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19759490 I wish one day real journalists will look into how the "anti-facebook" media blitz happened. I've never used facebook and I hate the idea of facebook, but the politically motivated attacks that seem to stem from the highest level of governments ( across the atlantic as well ) and amongst the media need real investigating. At this point, it isn't objective reporting, it's ideological advocacy grounded in political motivation. From zuckerburg and sandberg being accused of being antisemites ( when they themselves are jews ) to facebook being blamed for everything under the sun, one has to wonder what the hell is going on. There definitely is a story here, but it isn't facebook, it's the media. I doubt Mao's propaganda against the bourgeois was as relentless.

__m 7y ago
Yeah an investigation is needed, what is this privacy thing they are talking about? And why would politicians care about that? Which company is lobbying them to care about their voter‘s rights?
- basetop 7y ago
  These news organizations and politicians care so much about privacy that they all have facebook accounts? I've never had a facebook and never will. I care about privacy. I don't think they do. So that leaves me wondering what they really care about. Also, facebook and news companies are both in the same business - the ad selling business which is the cause of the privacy issue. But that's not my concern. My concern is the obvious politically motivated move against one company and one industry by politicians, government agencies and news companies. When people start calling zuckerburg and sandberg ( who was hailed as a female hero by the media for many years until recently ) antisemites, you have to start asking question. No? Don't you think it is odd that news companies ( who are supposed to be objective and report the news ) are advocating for fines? Shouldn't a news company simply report the fine rather than demanding more fine? Where's the objectivity? Shouldn't journalists report what is happening rather than advocating for something to happen? I'm for reporting on facebook and privacy. It's an important issue for sure. What I also want is reporting on the reporting itself because that seems to be an even bigger story. I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but even I can see that there is more than reporting and news involved here. And it's hard to take the news concerns about privacy seriously when they are all demanding preferential treatment on facebook's platform. Why don't the nytimes close their facebook account? Why don't they pull their headlines from facebook rather than demanding facebook prominently display their headlines and give their headlines top billing? When their words and actions don't align, it makes me wonder. I'm always wondering.

__m 7y ago

Yeah an investigation is needed, what is this privacy thing they are talking about? And why would politicians care about that? Which company is lobbying them to care about their voter‘s rights?

basetop 7y ago
These news organizations and politicians care so much about privacy that they all have facebook accounts? I've never had a facebook and never will. I care about privacy. I don't think they do. So that leaves me wondering what they really care about. Also, facebook and news companies are both in the same business - the ad selling business which is the cause of the privacy issue. But that's not my concern. My concern is the obvious politically motivated move against one company and one industry by politicians, government agencies and news companies. When people start calling zuckerburg and sandberg ( who was hailed as a female hero by the media for many years until recently ) antisemites, you have to start asking question. No? Don't you think it is odd that news companies ( who are supposed to be objective and report the news ) are advocating for fines? Shouldn't a news company simply report the fine rather than demanding more fine? Where's the objectivity? Shouldn't journalists report what is happening rather than advocating for something to happen? I'm for reporting on facebook and privacy. It's an important issue for sure. What I also want is reporting on the reporting itself because that seems to be an even bigger story. I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but even I can see that there is more than reporting and news involved here. And it's hard to take the news concerns about privacy seriously when they are all demanding preferential treatment on facebook's platform. Why don't the nytimes close their facebook account? Why don't they pull their headlines from facebook rather than demanding facebook prominently display their headlines and give their headlines top billing? When their words and actions don't align, it makes me wonder. I'm always wondering.