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The television stations and newspapers back in the day absolutely maintained the Overton window and constructed narratives that supported the the ruling class.

The television stations and newspapers back in the day absolutely maintained the Overton window and constructed narratives that supported the the ruling class. To call this "content curation" is ignorant at best.

arinlen 4y ago
> The television stations and newspapers back in the day absolutely maintained the Overton window and constructed narratives that supported the the ruling class. To call this "content curation" is ignorant at best. It's also ignorant at best to pass off "maintaining the Overton window" as being censorship. Whether you like it or not, there's a finite amount of airtime and an infinite amount of content that can be presented. Picking what goes in is not the same as picking what stays out. See as an example what's aired by some peculiar media companies.
- colordrops 4y ago
  You are confused about what the Overton window describes. It's not "picking and choosing what to talk about due to limited airtime". Look it up.
  - arinlen 4y ago
    > You are confused about what the Overton window describes. It's not "picking and choosing what to talk about due to limited airtime". Look it up. Not really. Before trying to accuse anyone of being confused, please try your best to read what those you're replying to did said. Otherwise you're just adding noise to discussions.
papito 4y ago
You mean, like, not completely make up stuff about "stolen elections"?
- colordrops 4y ago
  Why don't you just come out and say that you believe censorship is a good thing because it protects us from bad guys? Just because you believe it's a good thing doesn't mean it's not still censorship.
  - papito 4y ago
    Multiple outlets are dedicated to regurgitating repeatedly debunked conspiracy theories and misinformation. What "censorship" are you even talking about? MSNBC not letting some nut job go on the air to spew garbage in prime time is their basic right as a business. You don't have any God-given privilege to sit in that chair, nor anyone else. The government, the government is not stopping any of this, which would be actual censorship. It's just startling to me that someone on HackerNews, of all places, does not know the absolutely elementary difference between moderation by a private company and government-filtered speech.

arinlen 4y ago

> The television stations and newspapers back in the day absolutely maintained the Overton window and constructed narratives that supported the the ruling class. To call this "content curation" is ignorant at best. It's also ignorant at best to pass off "maintaining the Overton window" as being censorship. Whether you like it or not, there's a finite amount of airtime and an infinite amount of content that can be presented. Picking what goes in is not the same as picking what stays out. See as an example what's aired by some peculiar media companies.

colordrops 4y ago
You are confused about what the Overton window describes. It's not "picking and choosing what to talk about due to limited airtime". Look it up.
- arinlen 4y ago
  > You are confused about what the Overton window describes. It's not "picking and choosing what to talk about due to limited airtime". Look it up. Not really. Before trying to accuse anyone of being confused, please try your best to read what those you're replying to did said. Otherwise you're just adding noise to discussions.

papito 4y ago

You mean, like, not completely make up stuff about "stolen elections"?

colordrops 4y ago
Why don't you just come out and say that you believe censorship is a good thing because it protects us from bad guys? Just because you believe it's a good thing doesn't mean it's not still censorship.
- papito 4y ago
  Multiple outlets are dedicated to regurgitating repeatedly debunked conspiracy theories and misinformation. What "censorship" are you even talking about? MSNBC not letting some nut job go on the air to spew garbage in prime time is their basic right as a business. You don't have any God-given privilege to sit in that chair, nor anyone else. The government, the government is not stopping any of this, which would be actual censorship. It's just startling to me that someone on HackerNews, of all places, does not know the absolutely elementary difference between moderation by a private company and government-filtered speech.