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Topic	Imagine thinking Trump is a good President.
Lightning Bolt 08/29/17 11:15:21 PM #53:	Smarkil posted... Why not hold CNN up? CNN isn't some slapdick organization like Buzzfeed. It's been around for a very long time and up until recently was generally thought of pretty highly. By myself included. It's a pretty damning thing when one of the more respected news organizations in the country falls into blatant misinformation territory. Because he's holding it up as an example of the mainstream media, not singling it out as an exception. It's a massive difference because it implies that any media which disapproves of Trump is compromised. But yeah, shame about them being shitty. Smarkil posted... And it's not just CNN being weird but a lot of conservative media and personalities are being silenced through Google/Youtube, Twitter, etc. You wanna talk about an aspiring tyrant, why is that not part of your list? They're literally silencing people. I know they're private organizations, but when you have a market that's controlled entirely by what amounts to basically two or three different companies - it gets a little fucky when they start telling people they're not allowed to use their platforms. We're getting into a bizarre territory of oligopoly. None of those companies even hint that they're news sites. We can't hold every company that's powerful to the standards of a political entity, the way we call the media our fourth branch. They're allowed to own whatever speech they like, especially if we're gonna start bitching at them when we're offended at what they do leave up. If you don't like allowing super-rich companies move vast swaths of the world as they please, then... well... I guess it just sucks to live under capitalism? I mean I agree with you, they should totally be on the list for us to slut shame, and they're probably just as dangerous as Trump if not more so. But that's a different topic, the integrity of the media vs power limitations on businesses. --- One day dude, I'm just gonna get off the bus, and I'm gonna run in the woods and never come back, and when I come back I'm gonna be the knife master! -The Rev <cite>Lightning Bolt posted [p:885693762] in Imagine th... [t:75721233]...</cite> <quote><cite>Smarkil posted...</cite> <quote>Why not hold CNN up? CNN isn't some slapdick organization like Buzzfeed. It's been around for a very long time and up until recently was generally thought of pretty highly. By myself included. It's a pretty damning thing when one of the more respected news organizations in the country falls into blatant misinformation territory. </quote> Because he's holding it up as an example of the mainstream media, not singling it out as an exception. It's a massive difference because it implies that any media which disapproves of Trump is compromised. But yeah, shame about them being shitty. <cite>Smarkil posted...</cite> <quote>And it's not just CNN being weird but a lot of conservative media and personalities are being silenced through Google/Youtube, Twitter, etc. You wanna talk about an aspiring tyrant, why is that not part of your list? They're literally silencing people. I know they're private organizations, but when you have a market that's controlled entirely by what amounts to basically two or three different companies - it gets a little fucky when they start telling people they're not allowed to use their platforms. We're getting into a bizarre territory of oligopoly.</quote> None of those companies even hint that they're news sites. We can't hold every company that's powerful to the standards of a political entity, the way we call the media our fourth branch. They're allowed to own whatever speech they like, especially if we're gonna start bitching at them when we're offended at what they do leave up. If you don't like allowing super-rich companies move vast swaths of the world as they please, then... well... I guess it just sucks to live under capitalism? I mean I agree with you, they should totally be on the list for us to slut shame, and they're probably just as dangerous as Trump if not more so. But that's a different topic, the integrity of the media vs power limitations on businesses. --- One day dude, I'm just gonna get off the bus, and I'm gonna run in the woods and never come back, and when I come back I'm gonna be the knife master! -The Rev</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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