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Facebook presents an existential threat to the business of most traditional news media and they have a platform that actively promotes misinformation. The Press
by pm90 5y ago
Facebook presents an existential threat to the business of most traditional news media and they have a platform that actively promotes misinformation. The Press is doing their job: finding out what goes on inside Facebook and reporting on it. As someone not really involved either way, the responses of Facebook to legitimate questions has been entirely unsatisfactory and justifies the negative coverage they’ve received.
- cbozeman 5y ago> Facebook presents an existential threat to the business of most traditional news media and they have a platform that actively promotes misinformation. That's mainstream media's job... that's why they're pissed. Anyone remember Mika Bres-whatever saying on national television, "They're telling people what to think! That-that's our job!" I do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quU_Tbv96Wk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quU_Tbv96Wk
- throwawaysea 5y agoI had never seen this clip before, thanks for sharing. Is there more context or a longer clip? I think I heard the woman say “that is your job” at the end but it wasn’t clear who that was directed at.
- fallingknife 5y agoReposting parent since it was illegitimately flagged: > Facebook presents an existential threat to the business of most traditional news media and they have a platform that actively promotes misinformation. That's mainstream media's job... that's why they're pissed. Anyone remember Mika Bres-whatever saying on national television, "They're telling people what to think! That-that's our job!" I do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quU_Tbv96Wk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quU_Tbv96Wk
- MikusR 5y agoFacebook runs American tv and print media?
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- fallingknife 5y ago> Facebook presents an existential threat to the business of most traditional news media and they have a platform that actively promotes misinformation. They (FB and the news media) do indeed.
- nprateem 5y agoI heard that Murdoch particularly hates FB & Google since he's lost so much ad money to them. As a result his papers have gone to great lengths to give Google/YT/FB, etc bad press to try to convince advertisers to advertise in traditional print newspapers like the good old days (for which they margins are far higher).