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on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:17AM
from the truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth dept.
from the truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth dept.
Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook's role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of how fake news is spread on the platform has intensified.
Buzzfeed News is reporting that "more than dozens" of Facebook employees have created an unofficial task force dedicated to addressing the issue.
Buzzfeed quoted one member of that task force, who did not want to be named over fears for their job.
"[Mark Zuckerberg] knows, and those of us at the company know, that fake news ran wild on our platform during the entire campaign season," the source said.
The election shook out the way it did because there were ways around the narrative the media was pushing?
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @01:41PM
that after umpteen years of listening to the patronizing and snideness on the left (and the right as well), that a sizable chunk of the country decided they've had enough? Has anyone factored that into their calculations as to why Hilary lost? That maybe a few months of questionable stores have a lesser effect than the past 8 years of the holy train-wreck that has become the progressives? I mean people would rather gamble on a reality tv star than deal with the left anymore. Is any of this getting through?
What people fail to get is that fake news is because people loath the left, not the other way around. Much fake news is very much partisan takes on The Onion, where the news may be fake, but the larger stories they speak to ring true.
But thank fucking god there's a savvy group to tell people how stupid they are for believing such stories, and how if we could only see the truth and the light like them, it would all be rainbows and buttercups right now.
With every passing moment seeing the left's reaction justifies Trump's election at every turn.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @03:52PM
US got the president it deserves. Too bad the rest of the world has to deal with that asshole as well.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @06:17PM
At least the rest of you will get what you deserve.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:04PM
We've got tools on the left, tools in the right. Reading your bullshit gives me quite a real fright!