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Also a big fan of AM radio in vermont, but the flipside of this is that it's been used to peddle misinformation for decades.
by darby_eight 2y ago
Also a big fan of AM radio in vermont, but the flipside of this is that it's been used to peddle misinformation for decades.
- 15155 2y ago[flagged]
- badhackernews 2y ago[dead]
- gibbitz 2y agoQuite the opposite. This board should be responsible for making sure all "fringe" voices are heard, not just the alien conspiracy, ultra right-wing and religious zealotry groups. I haven't been confronted with any programs about satanism, fairy folk, living on the Sun or say... gay rights on Midwestern AM radio.
- 15155 2y agoI don't disagree - maybe an open auction house/marketplace for AM time slots. If the spectrum is a public resource anyway...
- darby_eight 2y ago> "contrarian political opinions" That is not the same thing as misinformation. One deals in reality, the other in opinions.
- 15155 2y agoThe point is that someone must define what "misinformation" is. "Reality" is often open to interpretation.
- datameta 2y agoPerhaps we can call it the Ministry of Reality Determination or something like that? Maybe Ministry of Truth even, that should work well!
- darby_eight 2y agoActually i'm asserting precisely that misinformation deals in lying about trivially disprovable statements about the universe. If "reality" is open to interpretation i'm dealing with a bad-faith actor and I'm not going to waste my time. That said, you don't have to hunt very far on vermont to find an ass flapping in the wind on some conservative christian channel.
- HumanProtractor 2y ago[dead]
- pizzafeelsright 2y agoThere is only information. No dis or mal or contra.
- Tagbert 2y agoCase in point ^