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I think we've reduced the headline to something that is not useful. For instance, I don't want advertising to be printed. So, I guess advertising is news?
by actionablefiber 4y ago
I think we've reduced the headline to something that is not useful. For instance, I don't want advertising to be printed. So, I guess advertising is news?
- javajosh 4y agoFirst, I just discovered Androids keyboards weird symbols mode. ¥°¢{×`÷|π|√∆}£][™®. Nice. Second, I feel like you're making the mistake of saying if you object to anything then the thing you object to is news. The original statement is pretty short, but I take it to mean that you object to the content of the item and not the genesis of the item or the motive of the author itself. Of course, this distinction leads to all kinds of uncomfortable situations. For example, you might be against propaganda itself, but you might be very much for the position espoused by certain propaganda. I think the narrower content oriented aspect of being against something is what we're talking about. Because otherwise it gets a bit silly. You could argue that the westboro Church thinks that gay people are news, for example.
- actionablefiber 4y agoThe point of my comment is to object to your characterization of things like a breakthrough in physics as "news" because there are people somewhere who find it objectionable for some reason. It is a semantically valid interpretation of the post title but incongruent with its spirit.