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Does the value Breitbart adds to the internet outweigh the negatives of turning people into dangerous fascists by weaponizing misinformation? No. Does the valu
by spiderfarmer 3y ago
Does the value Breitbart adds to the internet outweigh the negatives of turning people into dangerous fascists by weaponizing misinformation? No.
Does the value added by sources like the NYT outweigh the negatives of being occasionally biased or outright wrong? Yes.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoNYT has arguably done far more damage to the world (Iraq, etc.) than Breitbart has.
- alsetmusic 3y ago> NYT has arguably done far more damage to the world (Iraq, etc.) than Breitbart has. NYT may have more reach and definitely isn't neutral, but it's a far cry from the nonsense that Breitbart publishes. It's nakedly partisan.
- piaste 3y agoThere is no objective, public, or shared "value" at play here. The only "values" that matter are the personal whims of whoever happens to own Twitter, or Google or Facebook.
- howinteresting 3y agoJust because this is a very difficult question doesn't mean we can throw our hands up and pretend it doesn't exist. Many things in life are very difficult and yet worth solving anyway.
- piaste 3y agoI didn't say the concept cannot exist: I said it's not at play here. What gets a website censored, in the modern corporation-dominated Internet, is going against the interests and preferences of Big Tech owners - and nothing else. Nobody with any power is bound to look out for the public interest, however defined; ICANN is perhaps the only exception that comes to mind. We can waste our time and attention debating over which targets were more or less deserving of censorship, based on our personal ideas of public interest. But as long as Big Tech is allowed to exist in its current form, we're like powerless peasants arguing about the decisions of kings.
- spiderfarmer 3y ago“And nothing else” That’s not true and you know it. Don’t ignore facts man.
- spiderfarmer 3y agoYou’re not making any sense, you’re just trying to sound contrarian.
- darksofa 3y agoDoes the value the NYT adds to the internet outweigh the negatives of turning people into dangerous communists by weaponizing misinformation? No. Does the value added by sources like the Breitbart outweigh the negatives of being occasionally biased or outright wrong? Yes.
- spiderfarmer 3y agoI can tell you all the ways in which you’re wrong, but something tells me you wont trust anything anyone says unless it confirms your biases.