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This is no different than the hit Financial Times ran on this whole thing, and then had to retract it. Original text: https://i.redd.it/nvp1vde7g1e61.jpg https
by DiabloD3 6y ago
This is no different than the hit Financial Times ran on this whole thing, and then had to retract it.
Original text: https://i.redd.it/nvp1vde7g1e61.jpg https://i.redd.it/nvp1vde7g1e61.jpg
New text: https://i.redd.it/o0hpei8ic2e61.jpg https://i.redd.it/o0hpei8ic2e61.jpg
- azangru 6y agoThe "some of them alt-right supporters" line is so jarring — it's effectively the media telling you what you should feel (resentment?) towards those redditors. Substitute this with "some of them Biden supporters", "some of them BLM supporters", "some of them Jews", "some of them vegans" or whatever, to see how insane it sounds.
- trianglem 6y agoIt doesn’t work the same because the alt-right is just vile. Given that, conflating wsb with the alt-right is ridiculous.
- david422 6y agoWell that's his point - the article is correlating two (uncorrelated) groups to trigger an emotional response in order to sway your opinion. By contrasting it with correlating two (uncorrelated) groups that didn't trigger an emotional response, it becomes much more obvious that the article is pushing a narrative and not just reporting facts.
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- scruple 6y agoI missed that FT piece yesterday. So someone is trying to draw a line from GamerGate to GMErGate.