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So we are normalizing rightwing propaganda sites on HN now? Seeing an article from a Ben Shapiro fronted site on the HN front page is frightening. I need a new

So we are normalizing rightwing propaganda sites on HN now? Seeing an article from a Ben Shapiro fronted site on the HN front page is frightening. I need a new place to get my information.

jtbayly 7y ago
If you would prefer to ignore the fact that the hugely influential epidemiologists responsible for the recommendations we are currently following have changed their recommendations, go for it.
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- wbronitsky 7y ago
  We can all get our information directly from the source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238578-uk-has-enough-intensive-care-units-for-coronavirus-expert-predicts/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238578-uk-has-enough-i...
yters 7y ago
does hn avoid normalizing leftwing propaganda? if not, why make a special effort for other propaganda sources?
sunkenvicar 7y ago
Ben Shapiro is the face of Conservative Inc. and pre-Trump mainstream Republicanism. (Think Mitt Romney) He’s an open-borders centrist who loves globalism.
- wbronitsky 7y ago
  This reply sounds suspiciously bigoted and was posted incredibly quickly. I do understand dog-whistles. I need to get out of here before someone accuses me of controlling hollywood. this place went to the rats Edit: after taking a quick look, it would seem that this user comes to HN to post bigoted arguments with little to no facts, just hate. it seems like HN is totally ok with this user continuing to spread hate.
  - sunkenvicar 7y ago
    You are hallucinating hatred and bigotry where there is none.
    - dang 7y ago
      We've banned this account for repeatedly posting flamebait and ignoring our request to stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - dang 7y ago
    https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20likeliest&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
yters 7y ago
the original newscientist article buries the lede near the end all shapiro's blog does is move the lede to the beginning and add contexr
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glofish 7y ago
how is a massive change in the predicted death rate used to justify the current measures propaganda?

So we are normalizing rightwing propaganda sites on HN now? Seeing an article from a Ben Shapiro fronted site on the HN front page is frightening. I need a new place to get my information.

jtbayly 7y ago

If you would prefer to ignore the fact that the hugely influential epidemiologists responsible for the recommendations we are currently following have changed their recommendations, go for it.

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wbronitsky 7y ago
We can all get our information directly from the source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238578-uk-has-enough-intensive-care-units-for-coronavirus-expert-predicts/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238578-uk-has-enough-i...

yters 7y ago

does hn avoid normalizing leftwing propaganda? if not, why make a special effort for other propaganda sources?

sunkenvicar 7y ago

Ben Shapiro is the face of Conservative Inc. and pre-Trump mainstream Republicanism. (Think Mitt Romney) He’s an open-borders centrist who loves globalism.

wbronitsky 7y ago
This reply sounds suspiciously bigoted and was posted incredibly quickly. I do understand dog-whistles. I need to get out of here before someone accuses me of controlling hollywood. this place went to the rats Edit: after taking a quick look, it would seem that this user comes to HN to post bigoted arguments with little to no facts, just hate. it seems like HN is totally ok with this user continuing to spread hate.
- sunkenvicar 7y ago
  You are hallucinating hatred and bigotry where there is none.
  - dang 7y ago
    We've banned this account for repeatedly posting flamebait and ignoring our request to stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 7y ago
  https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20likeliest&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

yters 7y ago

the original newscientist article buries the lede near the end all shapiro's blog does is move the lede to the beginning and add contexr

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glofish 7y ago

how is a massive change in the predicted death rate used to justify the current measures propaganda?