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>The problem is that it's always true. Is it, though? We've got here an article about a multibillion dollar company using its money and influence to peddle a v
by p_j_w 5y ago
>The problem is that it's always true.
Is it, though? We've got here an article about a multibillion dollar company using its money and influence to peddle a view that's beneficial to them and trying very hard to make it look like it's not actually coming from them. This is absolutely not always the case. This is more than just run of the mill people being open to changing their minds then, is it?
>in every instance I've seen, including this one, it was deployed as an argument that some specific belief should be disregarded
I think you've misread the post above, because at no point in that comment was it suggested that said belief should be disregarded.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y ago> Is it, though? We've got here an article about a multibillion dollar company using its money and influence to peddle a view that's beneficial to them and trying very hard to make it look like it's not actually coming from them. This is absolutely not always the case. Every multibillion dollar organization I'm familiar with has a PR team who's responsible for shaping news coverage in ways that benefit the company. We just don't normally think about it this way. Nobody looks at the coordinated release of reviews about a week before video game launches and says "aha, Nintendo has dishonestly manipulated the media once again".