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This is a great highlight from this piece: "Take two recent stories that perfectly illustrate the difference in coverage. First, there’s the TikTok ban. Politic
by muddi900 2y ago
This is a great highlight from this piece: "Take two recent stories that perfectly illustrate the difference in coverage. First, there’s the TikTok ban. Political reporters focused on which party would benefit from the ban, and who would get credit for being “tough on China” — the usual horse-race nonsense. Tech and law reporters, meanwhile, were highlighting how the legislation would actually weaken security protections and create dangerous precedents for government intervention in private companies. (Not to mention how it would undermine decades of US work promoting an open internet.)"
Most of the political press is chasing clicks, without realizing they are just cheerleaders for their own demise. The open internet is going away. And nobody is doing anything about it.
- thomassmith65 2y agoJudging by the sorry state of the world, the open internet is nothing to celebrate.
- muddi900 2y agoThe fact that this conversation is happening means that open internet has value.
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- thomassmith65 2y agoIf our current conversation cancelled out some other conversation two lunatics are having on Reddit or Xitter, I would agree.
- muddi900 2y agoWell we brought it upon ourselves by being polite in the face of imbecility.
- cmurf 2y agoIf someone shouts, "2+2 is not four! It's something else!" Is it polite to stay silent? Calling it polite is specious, isn't it? Is it considerate to withhold criticism in the face of lies and untrustworthiness? I think this conflation of non-confrontation with polite is really something quite obscene. Doesn't this equate self-censorship with consideration? What's being considered when you think "well this is stupid, it's obviously 4 and I have no idea why someone would yell something that silly - I suppose no one should take the carnival barker seriously enough to even acknowledge this". That is not politeness. That is providing permission to spread ignorance.