tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7748153916646673514..comments2024-03-28T21:25:19.470-05:00Comments on Althouse: Facebook, don't even try to censor fake news. You can't draw that line, and you shouldn't want to.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68197242281237915302016-11-15T22:31:07.207-06:002016-11-15T22:31:07.207-06:00Freder, how many of those 700K+ search results ref...Freder, how many of those 700K+ search results reference Obama's author biography at Harvard, which (using details supplied by the author) told wide-eyed readers that this young scholar was born in Kenya?<br /><br />Because that was a thing that happened.Kyzer SoSayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689683238041844374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3351788304385222182016-11-15T19:21:21.756-06:002016-11-15T19:21:21.756-06:00"Various Trump antagonists?" The bubble ..."Various Trump antagonists?" The bubble you live in must have very thick walls. The alt-right that this guy fostered is a cesspit of the sort of propaganda that your forebears might have enjoyed in 1930s central Europe.<br /><br />Why did they even come here? This is not a Bavarian beer hall. The Times has a responsibility to not lead its populace to the "We Germans had no clue!" reaction. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30844683644948552782016-11-15T19:18:30.173-06:002016-11-15T19:18:30.173-06:00Freder, serious question. Would some form of "...Freder, serious question. Would some form of "oops my bad" literally kill you, or just break your heart? As Quint might have asked Hooper, Why don't you have the education to admit when you're wrong? Without having it racked out of you?Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9860792606936213642016-11-15T17:56:47.544-06:002016-11-15T17:56:47.544-06:00What particular genius has Zuckerberg exhibited?
...<i>What particular genius has Zuckerberg exhibited?</i><br /><br />Maneuvering his way to 28% of Facebook shares.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19176080771058406722016-11-15T17:55:57.904-06:002016-11-15T17:55:57.904-06:00Freder - you just MUST believe in the narrative th...Freder - you just MUST believe in the narrative that 'fake news at Facebook cost Hillary the election'. Keep pounding that!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21185552416558898702016-11-15T17:54:19.617-06:002016-11-15T17:54:19.617-06:00Looks like another mass firing at Facebook is immi...Looks like another mass firing at Facebook is imminent! I doubt these are hard-core software engineers. Most likely some 'librul arts' majors.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28871384991170174102016-11-15T17:49:03.331-06:002016-11-15T17:49:03.331-06:00I'm serious Freder, because I've never bef...<i>I'm serious Freder, because I've never before ran a quote through Google for something so widely talked about and only got ONE result.</i><br /><br />Don't be obtuse. It is such an obvious error I didn't bother to correct it. But since you are all so dense: Kenya not Nigeria. Google that and you get 776,000 hits. Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563837203833433141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13240664807106803732016-11-15T15:25:28.311-06:002016-11-15T15:25:28.311-06:00I'm serious Freder, because I've never bef...I'm serious Freder, because I've never before ran a quote through Google for something so widely talked about and <a href="https://www.google.com/#newwindow=1&q=%22Obama+is+a+Muslim+who+was+born+in+Nigeria%22" rel="nofollow"> only got ONE result.</a><br /><br />Mike (MJB Wolf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00936808380090258703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7631444107951584002016-11-15T15:23:01.413-06:002016-11-15T15:23:01.413-06:00Freder Frederson: said...That you find an equivale...<i>Freder Frederson: said...That you find an equivalence between a headline that arguably is unnecessarily editorial and <b>"Obama is a Muslim who was born in Nigeria"</b> is extremely disturbing.</i><br /><br />OK I'll bite. What news org ran the "Obama is a Muslim who was born in Nigeria" headline? Link?Mike (MJB Wolf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00936808380090258703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26587256786639806822016-11-15T15:04:35.158-06:002016-11-15T15:04:35.158-06:00Great. People with fake lives, working at Fakebook...Great. People with <b>fake lives</b>, working at <b>Fakebook</b> are suddenly worried about fake news, in a really fake way. I'm with Althouse 100% on this one: <b>All news is <i>fake</i> news</b>.Mike (MJB Wolf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00936808380090258703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50393527781648541642016-11-15T14:22:41.277-06:002016-11-15T14:22:41.277-06:00What the Times is trying to do is a mix of battles...What the <i>Times</i> is trying to do is a mix of battlespace preparation and seeing whether Trump can be rolled. Though they probably suspect the the answer to the second is negative. <br /><br />If the <i>Times</i> really didn't want President Trump then they should have pushed to get Hillary out of the race last spring.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86690776133848277312016-11-15T14:22:21.603-06:002016-11-15T14:22:21.603-06:00My professor friend is suddenly worried about free...My professor friend is suddenly worried about free speech on college campuses. <br /><br />It's a different world out there, kids.Bircheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045640752795693223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5367309854061551472016-11-15T12:56:28.694-06:002016-11-15T12:56:28.694-06:00"Here's what should be the most respected..."Here's what should be the most respected news site, and it's reframing what Trump does into anti-Trump propaganda by pretending that the real news is what various Trump antagonists think of the news." <br /><br />That respect got run over yearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs ago. Its dead, Jim!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19146334670568212822016-11-15T11:55:42.062-06:002016-11-15T11:55:42.062-06:00IT is THICK out there, Ann, Wow. I was driving hom...IT is THICK out there, Ann, Wow. I was driving home this morning from my overnight shift, and NPR is so stuck in their foxhole, i may have heard the word "racist" 32 times in 7 freeway miles, their ability to tuck it into most any sentence regarding the President-elect was ... outragious? psychotic? tragic?<br /><br />this bludgeon of "racism" is so crude and loud, like a jack-hammer, i do believe my fellows and friends on the other side simply cannot hear the quiet brook anymore, deaf to the subtle Good that is the calling of Donald Trump that open-minded, less idealogically-saturated people can hear.<br /><br />It is so wearying that these flocks of brilliant flamingos -- the Progressives! -- cannot pause long enough to reexamine their assumptions, and must keep parroting the old ugly squawks. very sad. <br /><br />now about facebook. . . this technological express elevator Up to someplace we cannot know means we better be VERY Careful. <br /><br />man, i am in prayer like A LOT. mute prayer that breaks out in song. for america. what an amazing true place it is. how far did jefferson look out to? (it's ok if i refer to jefferson, isn't it?) in his second inaugural or his last speech as president, or maybe both, he begins with a shoutout to the "ten-thousandth generation" of americans as I recall, wayyyy out there into the future, and he says to them, "I salute You." <br /><br />We missed the missile on election day, thank goodness. we have a much better chance now for More Exceptionalism, a continuing, expansive future.<br /><br />(god bless us every One )<br />cfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880192772762600202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41157440475819511532016-11-15T11:34:56.796-06:002016-11-15T11:34:56.796-06:00Freder Frederson said...
That you find an equival...Freder Frederson said...<br /><br /><i>That you find an equivalence between a headline that arguably is unnecessarily editorial and "Obama is a Muslim who was born in Nigeria" is extremely disturbing.</i><br /><br />Yeah, the <i>Nigeria</i> thing is an obvious lie. Why would his parents travel from Kenya to Nigeria just to give birth?Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57747599759598694742016-11-15T11:11:59.289-06:002016-11-15T11:11:59.289-06:00Great movie reference, Glenn - thanks for the chuc...Great movie reference, Glenn - thanks for the chuckle!TwoAndAHalfCentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897332855672881301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41036003694647728612016-11-15T11:06:58.823-06:002016-11-15T11:06:58.823-06:00As a nonuser of Facebook, I am confirmed in my non...As a nonuser of Facebook, I am confirmed in my non-use by effectively every single thing I hear about Facebook, ever. Curmudgeoning is fun.<br />mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47628456268285569232016-11-15T10:11:43.995-06:002016-11-15T10:11:43.995-06:00"a headline that arguably is unnecessarily ed..."a headline that arguably is unnecessarily editorial"<br /><br />OK Freder. Now make the argument that the editorial content is necessary.CWJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598487232861475833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67201004261260792762016-11-15T10:07:43.981-06:002016-11-15T10:07:43.981-06:00There's a word that describes people who get t...There's a word that describes people who get their news from Facebook: fools. A lot of that going around lately.<br />MD Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675532021705182467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90988004365685730002016-11-15T10:01:04.126-06:002016-11-15T10:01:04.126-06:00Shared from Facebook:
False, Misleading, Clickbai...Shared from Facebook:<br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10eA5-mCZLSS4MQY5QGb5ewC3VAL6pLkT53V_81ZyitM/preview" rel="nofollow">False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources</a> (© 2016 by Melissa Zimdars. Creative Commons License)<br /><br />Yes, conservatives, you will find some of your favorites on this list -- Breitbart, Project Veritas, etc. But there are lots of left-wing sites as well, including ThinkProgress. And it's nice to see the greasy compassion propaganda like Upworthy get included in the sweep.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520113896946845614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10311006603127374522016-11-15T10:00:49.637-06:002016-11-15T10:00:49.637-06:00All news is fake news
That you find an equivalenc...<i>All news is fake news</i><br /><br />That you find an equivalence between a headline that arguably is unnecessarily editorial and "Obama is a Muslim who was born in Nigeria" is extremely disturbing. <br /><br />You have really started pandering to your crazy right wing base.Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563837203833433141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30382910666534188972016-11-15T09:35:59.429-06:002016-11-15T09:35:59.429-06:00This is how all institutions become left wing over...This is how all institutions become left wing over time. The left wing ethos encourages political involvement at all times. Meanwhile those nominally opposed do nothing because either (1) they think it inappropriate, and/ or (2) the authorities will consider their resistance inappropriate politics (but not the left's activism). <br /><br /><i>The personal is political.</i><br /><br /><i>By any means necessary.</i>Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159859859522615418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77528138789080200152016-11-15T09:01:30.588-06:002016-11-15T09:01:30.588-06:00Is it any wonder that the democrat party is becomi...Is it any wonder that the democrat party is becoming a terrorist group with propaganda like that masquerading as "all the news that is fit to print".<br /><br />Democrat community organizers need to be on watch lists. Maybe trump will fix that. ;)Dude1394https://www.blogger.com/profile/07985533174017949978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57330139453711524322016-11-15T08:59:12.307-06:002016-11-15T08:59:12.307-06:00If Facebook can't keep old, fake, recycled Amb...If Facebook can't keep old, fake, recycled Amber alerts and pictures of sharks in the wrong place after a flood from my feed, why should I trust them to know the difference between fake news, slanted news and The Onion?Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78938760730266070602016-11-15T08:57:08.732-06:002016-11-15T08:57:08.732-06:00Zuckerberg is right, and his minions are wrong her...Zuckerberg is right, and his minions are wrong here, from a business point of view. They can't censor "fake news" without essentially expressing an opinion of their own, and their leftist world view would likely alienate a large percentage of their clientele. Not a good business decision. Currently, I have maybe 100 people trying to "friend" me, and I haven't bothered to sign on for years. Probably won't, until I am convinced that they aren't going to censor whatever I say from a left liberal point of view (and, that it isn't a complete time sink). Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.com