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Jeffrey Epstein Pitched a New Narrative. These Sites Published It
- dmckeon 7y agoNYT title, but Epstein is not the important part of the story. > The articles in praise of Mr. Epstein came about partly because of an online publishing model adopted by some news organizations that relied on outside contributors who often wrote for little or no pay, with little or no input from editors. So, formerly trustworthy news sites are serving as pass-through conduits for whatever content PR firms can pump in through a “contributor”. Oh tempora, oh mores.
- not_a_cop75 7y agoMore astroturfing. The only difference in this model is who has access, and how low the bar is set for the potential of corruption.
- goatinaboat 7y ago> formerly trustworthy news sites are serving as pass-through conduits for whatever content PR firms can pump in through a “contributor” Yes PG has written about it http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- jmkni 7y agoGood read! 14 years later, and 'The Suit' is still 'back'! https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22The+suit+is+back%2C%22 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22The+su...
- ycombonator 7y agoThis why most people call them fake news.
- rejschaap 7y agoNo, people call them fake news because they do not like the facts that are reported.
- oblongx 7y agoI'd wager it might have something to do with lack of objectivity in almost everything reported.
- brighter2morrow 7y agoLies by omission, quotes without context, misleading statistics, and good ol' anonymous sources. They may be "facts" in the literal sense but they are intentionally misleading.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoIt's the facts that aren't reported, and the facts that are overemphasized or out of context.
- BubRoss 7y agoYou can call that bias, but calling it fake is not true.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoIt's a euphemism of the behavior of the media. No one means the news is 100% fake, but that there is some manipulation and bias going on. At some point when there's enough bias it does become fake news because you can't trust the source at all.
- BubRoss 7y agoThere are two separate things. One is reporting certain things and not others or worse, trying to skew the gravity of various facts with tainted opinions from someone invested in the perception of them. Then there is literally reporting things that aren't true and are made up. Various news sources indulge in the first two, but any news source with a shred of respectibility doesn't engage in actually reporting things that are false.
- alwaysanagenda 7y agoThe insanity that is swirling around Epstein is because he is a Mossad asset. The rabbit hole is deep. https://youtu.be/R6-gUqNPi4I https://youtu.be/R6-gUqNPi4I
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoThis should be bigger news.