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originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: darkbake
When did we all stop thinking and deciding these things for ourselves?
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: reldra
Google is talking about banning the ability to advertise on "fake" news sites.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: ketsuko
Of course there are fake leftist news sites. I don't think Media Matters is one of them.
Obama Admin’s Heavy-Handed Approach Causes US Fall in World Press Freedom Index
...The United States disappointingly ranks 46th, having declined three places in 2014. This is due to the Obama administration’s heavy handed approach to certain journalists, including the New York Times’ James Risen, who came under pressure to reveal his sources.
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originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Leftist authoritarians wanting to censor and end free speech and control the flow and type of information.
This is my shocked face.
The left promotes free speech. It is the right that often uses derogatory terms for the left when it is exercised.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Greggers
But the left has done it too, and so have even mainstream sources. They've been caught using photoshopped photos and staged photos in stories and even fake stories.
I will refer you again to Dan Rather and Brian Williams.
One of the organizations that posts "fake" news regularly and routinely publishes pieces from members of congress and another one worked to help produce one of the debates during this election season. Is this something that usually happens for organizations known to be purveyors of "fake" news?
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
First of all, and as many posters have already stated it should be each individual that should decide what websites or news stations they should listen to.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
First of all, and as many posters have already stated it should be each individual that should decide what websites or news stations they should listen to.
It's up to the consumer to choose which product they use, but with most products there's regulations that prevent the products being made from being harmful. Fake news is harmful, therefore it should be regulated, and some of it like RT should be outright banned as it's nothing but foreign propaganda. If the organization reports the truth there's probably nothing wrong with it but a lot of sites either report outright false news or they report a small amount of news, and then their opinion on that news.
If you're a member of the press you have an obligation to report facts, free of bias. If you can't do that, you shouldn't be reporting. This goes for The Huffington Post as much as it does for Zero Hedge.
"The Great Firewall of China."
Amnesty International notes that China "has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world"[3] and Paris-based Reporters Without Borders stated in 2010 and 2012 that "China is the world's biggest prison for netizens."[4][5]