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> Fox News is followed by Breitbart, sitting at #24 on the sitelist. ZeroHedge is at #58. Drudge Report clocks in at #61. That puts the most toxic disinformatio

by kyrra 4y ago

> Fox News is followed by Breitbart, sitting at #24 on the sitelist. ZeroHedge is at #58. Drudge Report clocks in at #61. That puts the most toxic disinformation outlets in the top 1% of Google’s kingdom. Disinformation apparently now means information you disagree with. The author is publishing sites on the list that are right-leaning publications. There are many numbers on the list they seem to be skipping (how many of these may be more left or far left sites?). I don't get the purpose of it, besides saying that, I'm lefty and I dislike everybody on the right and can't even have an honest conversation with them.

philjohn 4y ago
Look at the screenshot of one of the news sites in the top list "DOCTORS ADMIT COVID BOOSTER CAUSES AIDS". If we can't call out genuine lies, where do we stop?
- vtyxsbgyxbswgy 4y ago
  Maybe it's not a lie? https://www.science.org/content/article/could-certain-covid-19-vaccines-leave-people-more-vulnerable-aids-virus https://www.science.org/content/article/could-certain-covid-...
  - djvdq 4y ago
    Of course it is a lie. "Cause AIDS" vs "more vulnerable to AIDS" are two totally different things.
    - kolbe 4y ago
      Honestly, every single news outlet sensationalizes like this. It's a sad state of reality, but it's very hard to find news that doesn't do stuff like this. I found this headline the other day at CNN: "Anyone can get monkeypox, but CDC warns LGBTQ community about 'greater chance' of exposure now." Truth: they said nothing about lesbians or transgendered people. I don't think this disqualifies CNN as a source of news, but is just another way in which every place stretches the truth just a little at every opportunity to fit an agenda.
      - djvdq 4y ago
        Of course all media are manipulating, I'm not saying that they are not. But some of them are doing it lots and lots of more than others.
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djvdq 4y ago
Oh yeah, all those fakes and manipulations made are breitbart and fox are just "informations". Good one.
- vtyxsbgyxbswgy 4y ago
  Let's censor and demonetize all information we disagree with. Good one.
  - djvdq 4y ago
    Fake news and manipulations are not "informations".
Spooky23 4y ago
That’s one take. I think the more telling observation is that these brands have become so toxic that they are willing to have Google take a significant vig off of their revenue because frankly, who wants to be associated with Ticker Carlson and whatever odious nonsense he’s up to today? It also speaks to cracks in the Google business model - why isn’t Google relegating Fox to prostate pills and the conservative AARP clone like the rest of the market? Drudge is a little different imo. He’s just an aggregator with a consistent editorial slant. It’s the 2022 version of circa 1995 NY Post. In the age of MAGA, he’s practically a democrat.

by kyrra 4y ago

philjohn 4y ago

Look at the screenshot of one of the news sites in the top list "DOCTORS ADMIT COVID BOOSTER CAUSES AIDS". If we can't call out genuine lies, where do we stop?

vtyxsbgyxbswgy 4y ago
Maybe it's not a lie? https://www.science.org/content/article/could-certain-covid-19-vaccines-leave-people-more-vulnerable-aids-virus https://www.science.org/content/article/could-certain-covid-...
- djvdq 4y ago
  Of course it is a lie. "Cause AIDS" vs "more vulnerable to AIDS" are two totally different things.
  - kolbe 4y ago
    Honestly, every single news outlet sensationalizes like this. It's a sad state of reality, but it's very hard to find news that doesn't do stuff like this. I found this headline the other day at CNN: "Anyone can get monkeypox, but CDC warns LGBTQ community about 'greater chance' of exposure now." Truth: they said nothing about lesbians or transgendered people. I don't think this disqualifies CNN as a source of news, but is just another way in which every place stretches the truth just a little at every opportunity to fit an agenda.
    - djvdq 4y ago
      Of course all media are manipulating, I'm not saying that they are not. But some of them are doing it lots and lots of more than others.
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djvdq 4y ago

Oh yeah, all those fakes and manipulations made are breitbart and fox are just "informations". Good one.

vtyxsbgyxbswgy 4y ago
Let's censor and demonetize all information we disagree with. Good one.
- djvdq 4y ago
  Fake news and manipulations are not "informations".

Spooky23 4y ago

That’s one take. I think the more telling observation is that these brands have become so toxic that they are willing to have Google take a significant vig off of their revenue because frankly, who wants to be associated with Ticker Carlson and whatever odious nonsense he’s up to today? It also speaks to cracks in the Google business model - why isn’t Google relegating Fox to prostate pills and the conservative AARP clone like the rest of the market? Drudge is a little different imo. He’s just an aggregator with a consistent editorial slant. It’s the 2022 version of circa 1995 NY Post. In the age of MAGA, he’s practically a democrat.