🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
The truth is that fake news is a very legitimate problem and Trump absolutely is constantly the target of it.
With that said Trump is legitimately a horrible president and that is true with or without Fake News making it look worse. But then again so was Obama and in some ways even worse than Trump. This isnt a justification of Trump but just an indication that American politicians tend to be shitty no matter what party they come from.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
We disagree on two points. The obvious one is Trump being a bad president, but thats also a bit of a tangent.
The other is that its the elites in Silicon Valley that are the issue. Most of the news agencies arent Silicon Valley Elites running the show, though it is Elites. The issue is far simpler than that... News is for-profit. That means they will do what makes them money and that is secondary to Truth or Honesty. Since people in the USA are all extremist they basically WANT bias, and what the paying public wants they get.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
Social Media certainly allows for the spread of Fake News I suppose, people share it and all. Before that it was chain e-mails though so I'm not sure social media is so much to blame as it is simply the medium of choice.
With that said I see no reason why people being allowed to gossip fake news would, inherently, cause an increase in fake news. A society of scholars likely wouldnt see this effect at all for example.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
There are plenty of scandelous reasons to hate FB. I am not implying we dont have a right to hate them. I am just saying they are not to blame for the spread of fake news, that is on us as a people.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
The fact they are making money off it is concerning. But personally i find all ads on the internet as something to be avoided. I dont find filtered ads as any more appealing than non-filtered. In fact, I'd much rather have the freedom as a user to decide for myself if those are my choices.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
I have no ethical issue with them making money. I just find Ads to be disrupticve of my personal enjoyment and as such go to great lengths to avoid them. If FB were a paid service I'd likely pay to get rid of ads and not have any issue with that.. presuming they were stealing my data too (I'd also pay so they dont in that case)
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