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Social media is "the place" with the propagandist bots and partisan screamers? As opposed to where? There are at least two significant red flags in this articl
by mrangle 3y ago
Social media is "the place" with the propagandist bots and partisan screamers? As opposed to where?
There are at least two significant red flags in this article:
a. It cites five studies, which it does not critique, instead of being a more serious review of one. Without a critique of any of the studies, the author restating their conclusions as some sort of pseudo meta-study is ironically low information. Given the forceful conclusions, an examination of the methodologies is crucial for persuasion.
b. The article is openly partisan.
Given how the terms "fake news", "misninformation" and "debunk" have been politicized and abused into virtual meaninglessness over the past eight years, the utilization of only those unexamined terms as the article's pillars does not make for compelling reading.
- brokensegue 3y agoAs opposed to... Reputable news sources?
- mrangle 3y agoWhich are they, assumably devoid of regularly appearing propaganda and of emotional partisans?