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Take the title "Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest". I immediately read that as "wikipedia is supporting piracy". YMMV
by CWIZO 15y ago
Take the title "Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest". I immediately read that as "wikipedia is supporting piracy". YMMV
- badclient 15y agoDon't blame CNN for that, we should blame ourselves. We should have called this the anti-jobs bill from the get go.
- joezydeco 15y agoCBS radio pretty much said the same thing. "..went black to protest anti-piracy measures". We're all so busy blacking things out we forgot that the media needs guidance in framing the issues.
- roguecoder 15y agoA press release calling this "the internet censorship bill" could have gone a long way. Possibly along with more comparisons with China and Iran; appealing to xenophobia and American exceptionalism seems a usually-winning strategy.
- etherael 15y agoGlad someone else noticed, was beginning to feel vaguely disgusted by this continuous barrage of evil foreigners out to take our god given American jobs propaganda passing without rebuke.
- kamjam 15y agoEven if you released that press release, what are the chances of the media reporting it that way. The article itself states it, CNN's parent supports SOPA... so don't you think the headline is written to grab attention and frame it as "Wikipedia and co don't support SOPA therefore they must support piracy". No way would they make the movement seem like a good thing!