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Time to post my favorite downvote farming comment! What is "far right"? Is there "near right"? "middle-reach right"? 'Far right' is just a BS title used to 'ad

Time to post my favorite downvote farming comment! What is "far right"? Is there "near right"? "middle-reach right"? 'Far right' is just a BS title used to 'adjust' the perception of people that anyone not left wing is crazy extremist nutjob.

minikites 6y ago
This is far right: a national newscaster agreeing with a guest that the Republican Party will pick an actual fascist in 10-20 years: https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/1375251130586963968 https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/1375251130586963968. This is exactly the type of content that gets shared on Facebook and spreads as the article describes.
pacerwpg 6y ago
The article provides examples and cites the source of their classifications. "MARTIN: So when you talk about a far-right news source, do you feel comfortable giving us an example that we might recognize? I know what I certainly think of, but what are you thinking of? EDELSON: So some of the top-performing far-right news sources in our data set were things like Newsmax, Breitbart - that kind of media source. MARTIN: And you and your colleagues say that far-right content is the only partisan leaning in which misinformation actually drives more engagement. And there is no what you call misinformation penalty. Could you just talk a little bit more about that? So a misinformation penalty is what? Is that if you are demonstrated to be inaccurate or false, then what? People who are on the left side of the ledger would give you less credibility. Is that it? EDELSON: So we can't say exactly why it's happening. But what we see is that for left-leaning sources, for center sources, and even slightly right, the sources that have a reputation for spreading misinformation just don't engage as well. There could be a variety of reasons for that. But certainly, the simplest explanation would be that users don't find them as credible and don't want to engage with them."
mcphage 6y ago
> Is there "near right"? "middle-reach right"? It’s generally called Center-Right. Mitt Romney, John McCain would be good examples.

minikites 6y ago

This is far right: a national newscaster agreeing with a guest that the Republican Party will pick an actual fascist in 10-20 years: https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/1375251130586963968 https://twitter.com/bad_takes/status/1375251130586963968. This is exactly the type of content that gets shared on Facebook and spreads as the article describes.

pacerwpg 6y ago

The article provides examples and cites the source of their classifications. "MARTIN: So when you talk about a far-right news source, do you feel comfortable giving us an example that we might recognize? I know what I certainly think of, but what are you thinking of? EDELSON: So some of the top-performing far-right news sources in our data set were things like Newsmax, Breitbart - that kind of media source. MARTIN: And you and your colleagues say that far-right content is the only partisan leaning in which misinformation actually drives more engagement. And there is no what you call misinformation penalty. Could you just talk a little bit more about that? So a misinformation penalty is what? Is that if you are demonstrated to be inaccurate or false, then what? People who are on the left side of the ledger would give you less credibility. Is that it? EDELSON: So we can't say exactly why it's happening. But what we see is that for left-leaning sources, for center sources, and even slightly right, the sources that have a reputation for spreading misinformation just don't engage as well. There could be a variety of reasons for that. But certainly, the simplest explanation would be that users don't find them as credible and don't want to engage with them."

mcphage 6y ago

> Is there "near right"? "middle-reach right"? It’s generally called Center-Right. Mitt Romney, John McCain would be good examples.