"The simple answer is that all the public concern about “fake news” was just a ruse — the tech giants were just pretending to care about it. The real objective was to appease angry politicians by finding an excuse to erase and de-rank opinions that don’t conform to the dispositions and leanings that dominate the executive suites of the largest tech companies and the power players in establishment Washington D.C."
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
"Today, the military is more focused on manipulating news and commentary on the Internet, especially social media, by posting material and images without necessarily claiming ownership,"
[foreignpolicy.com]
Except I’ve seen very little actual “concern” about “Fake News”.
I’ve seen a lot of concern about the News being called “Fake” ...
However, it seems that those who liked and watched that “News” before, STILL like and watch that “News”.
They just get pissed off being told that it IS “Fake” and consider everyone who says it or tries to prove it to be “Fake”... to be Liars.
Yes that is true . The power players protect their revenue stream with propaganda . That motivated me to write the Commercial Identity series
"Real History" Group
There's an old joke:
"Commissar, Commissar! The people are revolting!"
"You're not so pretty yourself, Karlov..."
It's a joke, but it encapsulates what our "betters" think of us. They are appalled that we have heterodox, even heretical, opinions. We are, after all, the "smelly Walmart shoppers" of the political world.
It is to be expected thay will try to censor us out of existence. It is just as inevitable we will migrate to platforms like this.