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FOX news and CNN don’t change what people think/how they vote?
by MuffinFlavored 3y ago
FOX news and CNN don’t change what people think/how they vote?
- brainphreeze 3y agoThey're all doing it. Big tech, social media, left/right.
- whitemary 3y agoThere is no left in the US
- xienze 3y ago_rolling eyes emoji_ Yes, as has been pointed out countless times, the US left would be considered further right than the Nazi party to all you enlightened Europeans. We know, we get it. Doesn’t change the fact that there is something called left wing politics in the US, and it’s considerably different from right wing politics in the US.
- deprecative 3y agoThere is nothing called left wing politics in the US. Just people with their heads so far up their own ass they don't realize how far right the US is.
- DirkH 3y agoWhataboutism
- noptd 3y agoAs if that's relevant or excuses this behavior.
- warning26 3y agoAre you suggesting that FOX and CNN are good things? If it's possible, I'd say we should ban anything working in this way.
- alehlopeh 3y agoYeah totally possible. We’re deciding this right here on this thread.
- hotpotamus 3y ago> If Fox News had a DNA test, it would trace its origins to the Nixon administration. In 1970, political consultant Roger Ailes and other Nixon aides came up with a plan to create a new TV network that would circumvent existing media and provide "pro-administration" coverage to millions. "People are lazy," the aides explained in a memo. "With television you just sit — watch — listen. The thinking is done for you." Nixon embraced the idea, saying he and his supporters needed "our own news" from a network that would lead "a brutal, vicious attack on the opposition." https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created
- Garvi 3y agoWhen you hear something outrageous on FOX or CNN, you yell "bullshit" at the TV. When you read the same thing on Facebook and see 20 of your friends positively interacting with the news story and showing their approval, you remain quiet at best, join the lunacy at worst. What you don't see is the three shadowbanned accounts explaining why it's lunacy.
- sebzim4500 3y agoIf the last decade has taught us anything, it is that a lot of people will not "yell bullshit at the TV".
- jstarfish 3y agoMost people will read a room and refrain from sharing politically-unpopular opinions that invite public and private retribution from a deranged mob. Silence is not implied agreement. What the internet masses say is popular and what people actually vote for are two very different things.
- wmidwestranger 3y agoThey obviously just change the news network until they get the bullshit they prefer.
- echelon 3y agoHow much traction could a lawsuit against Reddit, Twitter, etc. have against the practice of banning or shadowbanning? If a user could show good faith participation, could they claim they've been prohibited from exercising freedom of expression in a public forum? Suppose someone was banned from a subreddit for their particular hobby or, worse, city or region. This might be the single biggest forum for that person to address their neighbors and peers, and banning could prohibit their ability to find work, housing, opportunities, etc. Moderators often ban users on a whim. Sometimes they ban users for merely commenting on other items or subreddits that they deem "wrong", and this practice is often automated. If you can't sue Reddit, could you sue the moderators?
- shrimp_emoji 3y agoBut they're domestic companies whose staff members, all the way up to the owners and CEOs, are not under threat of disappearance by the totalitarian regime of a hostile state...
- jay_kyburz 3y agoFOX and CNN are at least held to a higher standard. We need to apply those same standards to the internet. If they tell an outrageous lie on CNN they can be sued.
- bongoz 3y ago[flagged]