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It's shameful how many publications ran with this story on face value.

• northwest 13y ago
  Yes, but this fact needs a lot less attention than the state we're currently in, given the ignorance and resulting apathy of the general public.
  • MrKurtz 13y ago
    Huh? they're running a story that implies that the feds or local police can monitor Google searches without evidence, they are cynically exploiting recent headlines to pull traffic. If you want the press to be taken seriously on serious matters they need to get this shit together.
    • northwest 13y ago
      > If you want the press to be taken seriously on serious matters they need to get this shit together. That's certainly true for the educated readers/people. It's a sad thing, but if you want to get real change, you're going to need the masses mobilized. Educated people already know about the current problems and a lot of them care and do want to take action - the thing is, we're a tiny minority. In other words, the issue you are raising doesn't really need to be addressed, in the current situation - the more visibility for the main problem at stake, the better. Unless you work for the NSA, Google, Microsoft/Skype, Paltalk, AOL, and a ton of defense contractors etc., that is.
  • untog 13y ago
    So, the news needs to be hysterical to make up for people's lack of hysterics? Going to have to disagree with you on that one.