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Would you prefer that they don't report on Facebook actively harming society?

• izacus 5y ago
  I'd prefer them to do honest reporting and not just be another fake news spreading engine which will keep doing the same kind of harm just with different money pockets. After all, what does facebook really do except just repost news from low quality article factories?
  • iamacyborg 5y ago
    What reporting about FB has been dishonest?
    • datavirtue 5y ago
      PBS News Hour (who has Zuckerberg up their ass) treatment has been very professional despite all the donations. They ran full pieces reporting on the outage and the testimony in the Senate. They stopped short of being judgemental though...unlike some of the other reporting where it is safe for them to do so. I was satisfied but not terribly impressed. They should be exploring the issue deeper but they do not. For obvious reasons. Nonetheless, they fulfilled their doctrinal duty.
    • fsociety 5y ago
      What do you mean? Public trust in the media is at an all time low. News companies almost died at the advent of the internet but came back fighting by drive engagement with emotions. Even documentaries like “The Social Dilemma” are guilty of using the tactics they blame FB for using. Trump made his presidency off of “fake news” and distrust of the media. The game is all about starting with a narrative that follows your audience’s wants and then cherry-picking facts to confirm that bias. All sides are guilty of this. FB’s PR department is guilty of this as well, if we are to be honest.
      • pessimizer 5y ago
        So no examples, then?