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Facebook includes Breitbart in curated trusted news

36 points by foolrush 7y ago

tomcooks 7y ago
BOOMERTECH
sarcasmatwork 7y ago
This title is very misleading and link pay-walled. sigh https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/facebook-launches-news-section-to-compensate-publishers/ar-AAJkSSD https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/facebook-launches-... FB also does Buzzfeed which is a very left leaning/liberal news org. What's your point OP?
- rubyn00bie 7y ago
  The difference is that Brietbart isn’t just right leaning. It propaganda for fascists, and a machine of hate, targeting the mental inept.
  - thrower123 7y ago
    It's nonsense, most of the time, but it's not Stormfront. This kind of hyperbole is not helpful.
    - anarchodev 7y ago
      This is a pretty funny sentiment -- Stormfront in fact links to Breitbart all the time.
      - hnlurker 7y ago
        If Stormfront linked to HN, then HN is a Stormfront front? This kind of logic is asinine. It's on the level of Nazis wear pants. You wear pants. You're a Nazi??
        anarchodev 7y ago
        I didn't claim that BB is a "front" for Stormfront -- just that they're closely associated communities. But if Stormfront linked to HN all the time, yeah I'd probably try to figure out what about HN was so appealing to Nazis and change that. If you dig into either source, I think you'll find a lot more in common along ideological lines than liking pants.
  - GarrisonPrime 7y ago
    >It propaganda for fascists, and a machine of hate, targeting the mental inept. Funny. I would have said the same about nearly every primary left-leaning media outlet.
    - th0ma5 7y ago
      Fascism is defined as right wing extremism[1]. Hating hate and haters is different than the hate of otherness stoked by fascists[2]. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
    - rubyn00bie 7y ago
      There’s a big difference between the right and left here. If you’re unable to look past your petty lines drawn with colors you’d realize one is a source of shit posting and the other is a source of hate. It’s ignorance like yours that keeps progress back. But whatever...
      - s9w 7y ago
        wow
      - dang 7y ago
        Please don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar, and especially please don't cross into personal attack. We ban accounts that do those things. If you'd review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site to heart, we'd be grateful.
    - happytoexplain 7y ago
      That seems extreme. Isn't it irrational to declare that "every" source that "leans" toward whatever political identity you presumably dislike is "propaganda" and "a machine of hate"? That sounds like the most absurd generalization possible - in fact, it sounds like a product of ignorance and hatred.
    - 7y ago
  - RickJWagner 7y ago
    In days past, true liberalism meant being willing to hear out every point of view, even those you disagree with. The definition seems to have changed these days. I think it's a mistake. Liberals had higher ground when they allowed every point of view to make their case and thrive or die on their merits.
- foolrush 7y ago
  https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-becoming-media-arm-alt-right https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-... https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/breitbart-headlines_n_5829ba13e4b060adb56f1bdb?ri18n=true https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/breitbart-headlines_n_5829... Gee whiz I wonder what the point could be Dr. Bothsidesism?
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wedn3sday 7y ago
Facebook is a tool for grandparents to see pictures of their grandkids since no one calls them anymore, why does this surprise anyone? Every time I see a nerd in SF walking around in a facebook hoodie I want to take them aside and ask, "do you know what you spend your life working on is garbage? Did you drink the cool-aid or are you just in it for the paycheck?"
- traderjane 7y ago
  Is it the same for the janitor who sweeps the floors? You can't run a modern Facebook without basic sanitation, and on the back of these salaries people intend to raise children. Likewise, would you say the same thing to an accountant working in receivables? "Do you find deep meaning in your work for random business? Why don't you do something truly meaningful with your life?"
- IdontRememberIt 7y ago
  I can tell in less than 5 words what Instagram or Whatsapp are for. But today's Facebook? I could sarcastically say that they do lots of things but not a single one correctly.
  - EEor 7y ago
    In my early 30s I find the only useful thing about it is local gardening/foraging communities I participate in. Outside of that, there's nothing but fluff.
RickJWagner 7y ago
I read Breitbart daily. Along with CNN, Fox, TheBlaze, the BBC, and RealClear Politics. It's the best way I've found to get a balanced perspective. They all lean one way or the other, you have to look at them all and triangulate to find the middle ground.
- foolrush 7y ago
  “I read the Italian Fascists daily... you have to look at them all and triangulate to find the middle ground.” I have some bad news for you, the middle isn’t a great place.

36 points by foolrush 7y ago

BOOMERTECH

This title is very misleading and link pay-walled. sigh https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/facebook-launches-news-section-to-compensate-publishers/ar-AAJkSSD https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/facebook-launches-... FB also does Buzzfeed which is a very left leaning/liberal news org. What's your point OP?

rubyn00bie 7y ago
The difference is that Brietbart isn’t just right leaning. It propaganda for fascists, and a machine of hate, targeting the mental inept.
- thrower123 7y ago
  It's nonsense, most of the time, but it's not Stormfront. This kind of hyperbole is not helpful.
  - anarchodev 7y ago
    This is a pretty funny sentiment -- Stormfront in fact links to Breitbart all the time.
    - hnlurker 7y ago
      If Stormfront linked to HN, then HN is a Stormfront front? This kind of logic is asinine. It's on the level of Nazis wear pants. You wear pants. You're a Nazi??
      - anarchodev 7y ago
        I didn't claim that BB is a "front" for Stormfront -- just that they're closely associated communities. But if Stormfront linked to HN all the time, yeah I'd probably try to figure out what about HN was so appealing to Nazis and change that. If you dig into either source, I think you'll find a lot more in common along ideological lines than liking pants.
- GarrisonPrime 7y ago
  >It propaganda for fascists, and a machine of hate, targeting the mental inept. Funny. I would have said the same about nearly every primary left-leaning media outlet.
  - th0ma5 7y ago
    Fascism is defined as right wing extremism[1]. Hating hate and haters is different than the hate of otherness stoked by fascists[2]. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
  - rubyn00bie 7y ago
    There’s a big difference between the right and left here. If you’re unable to look past your petty lines drawn with colors you’d realize one is a source of shit posting and the other is a source of hate. It’s ignorance like yours that keeps progress back. But whatever...
    - s9w 7y ago
      wow
    - dang 7y ago
      Please don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar, and especially please don't cross into personal attack. We ban accounts that do those things. If you'd review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site to heart, we'd be grateful.
  - happytoexplain 7y ago
    That seems extreme. Isn't it irrational to declare that "every" source that "leans" toward whatever political identity you presumably dislike is "propaganda" and "a machine of hate"? That sounds like the most absurd generalization possible - in fact, it sounds like a product of ignorance and hatred.
  - 7y ago
- RickJWagner 7y ago
  In days past, true liberalism meant being willing to hear out every point of view, even those you disagree with. The definition seems to have changed these days. I think it's a mistake. Liberals had higher ground when they allowed every point of view to make their case and thrive or die on their merits.
foolrush 7y ago
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-becoming-media-arm-alt-right https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-... https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/breitbart-headlines_n_5829ba13e4b060adb56f1bdb?ri18n=true https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/breitbart-headlines_n_5829... Gee whiz I wonder what the point could be Dr. Bothsidesism?

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wedn3sday 7y ago

Facebook is a tool for grandparents to see pictures of their grandkids since no one calls them anymore, why does this surprise anyone? Every time I see a nerd in SF walking around in a facebook hoodie I want to take them aside and ask, "do you know what you spend your life working on is garbage? Did you drink the cool-aid or are you just in it for the paycheck?"

traderjane 7y ago
Is it the same for the janitor who sweeps the floors? You can't run a modern Facebook without basic sanitation, and on the back of these salaries people intend to raise children. Likewise, would you say the same thing to an accountant working in receivables? "Do you find deep meaning in your work for random business? Why don't you do something truly meaningful with your life?"
IdontRememberIt 7y ago
I can tell in less than 5 words what Instagram or Whatsapp are for. But today's Facebook? I could sarcastically say that they do lots of things but not a single one correctly.
- EEor 7y ago
  In my early 30s I find the only useful thing about it is local gardening/foraging communities I participate in. Outside of that, there's nothing but fluff.

RickJWagner 7y ago

I read Breitbart daily. Along with CNN, Fox, TheBlaze, the BBC, and RealClear Politics. It's the best way I've found to get a balanced perspective. They all lean one way or the other, you have to look at them all and triangulate to find the middle ground.

foolrush 7y ago
“I read the Italian Fascists daily... you have to look at them all and triangulate to find the middle ground.” I have some bad news for you, the middle isn’t a great place.