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Report: Facebook omitted conservative topics from trending list

Grim17

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Google, YouTube and now Facebook... This story goes hand in hand with the wide spread intolerance for diverse political and social views, that's swept through colleges and universities across America for the last few decades... and it all emanates from those on the political left. Is it fear, a perpension for dishonesty, or are their beliefs so weak that they feel they have to suppress certain facts and opinions in order to maintain some level of political legitimacy in the eyes of the public?

I don't know about everyone else, but this wide spread political censorship by the left reminds me of the tactics of the old Soviet Union, the Castro regime in Cuba and Chavez and his thugs in Venezuela. Is this the kind of America the progressive movement wants to usher in?







 
Notice the crickets.

The liberal incursion into all things America has reached the point of absurdity.

Academia, media, the scientific community, the legal system.....it all operates solely on politics and ideology.

America is being transformed into a nation of lies.
 
Complaints about a lack of diversity from conservatives? I thought diversity was just political correctness run amok?
 
Gizmodo did two articles on facebook "news" curation process. The first talked about how the process favored reliable sources over unreliable ones. Then one saying conservative sources like Breitbart where lowered in ranking. Put 2 and 2 together and it actually makes alot of sense. Conservative "news" sources have never been known for their reliability, and tend to rely on the gullibility of the average conservative. And the only word for any one who gets their "news" from facebook is gullible.

And you may not have known this, but facebook is a private company. They can do as they please.
 
When I read this I said to myself "Ya don't say." Not really... It was more of a "par for the course" tidbit of information.


 

Don't rain on their victim parade Redress.

You know whenever they get to pull out the words "silenced" or "suppressed" they will in some bizarro attempt to make themselves feel the victims of the big meanie liberals.
 
Unless, of course, it's true that the news is being willfully shaped by excluding some of it, right?
 
nota bene said:
Unless, of course, it's true that the news is being willfully shaped by excluding some of it, right?
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Even if the Gizmodo reports are true, it is literally nothing different than any other private company determining what content they host.
 
I am neither rep nor dem.

But long before this article, I DESPISED Facebook.

I despise how it operates (monitoring your every, little move) and I have nothing to do with that pathetic organization.

Mark Zuckerberg...intercourse off.
 

Conservatives sitting at home complaining about what liberals go out into the world and actually do.
Conservatives wringing their hands because they've voiced their opinions and somebody else hasn't put them into action yet.
Conservatives watching and pointing and complaining about liberals watching and pointing.
Just more of the same from the right whinge.
 

---Excuse me, Facebook is a corporation, not the government.
They are under NO obligation to do anything they don't like doing.

Secondly, Facebook adjust trends to favor the majority of its USERS, not reflect actual news trends.
The reason for this is ratings.
 

If I didn't know better I would swear conservatives want some o' dat "big gubmint interference" they claim to hate so much!
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
If I didn't know better I would swear conservatives want some o' dat "big gubmint interference" they claim to hate so much!
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They get all smug and sneary about a 'nanny state' but they all love the idea of a 'daddy state', a stern-but-fair authority figure, the stronger the better, that punishes disobedience and rewards good behaviour.
 
:lamo I find this thread hilarious. All of you pshawwing and dismissing FB doing this..... remember this the next time Fox News releases a biased news report and you go to complain about it. :lamo

As for the OP...you too (and those that support/agree with your stance) need to remember what you just complained about next time you holler about some liberal news media being biased.

Which reminds me.....
 

FOX has every right to report on news as they choose. I don't think you will be able to find an example of me saying otherwise.
 
Redress said:
FOX has every right to report on news as they choose. I don't think you will be able to find an example of me saying otherwise.
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Have you ever criticized them for how they've reported something in a biased way?
 
Kal'Stang said:
Have you ever criticized them for how they've reported something in a biased way?
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Not that I remember. Their actual news coverage I find to be decent.
 
From the OP.....

......workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending” news section.......
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Interesting, this thread started out in "Breaking News* - Non-MSM" and is now down in "Bias in the Media".

:thinking
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
---Excuse me, Facebook is a corporation, not the government.
They are under NO obligation to do anything they don't like doing.
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a) When did I say, imply, or insinuate that Facebook wasn't a corporation?

b) When did I say, imply, or insinuate that Facebook was under some obligation to do things they don't want to do?

Let me save you the trouble... The answer to both is "I didn't".

I was comparing the actions of the left in recent years, with the actions taken by certain governments of the communist/socialist persuasion. It's a very valid comparison and one I didn't realize needed to be explained needed




Secondly, Facebook adjust trends to favor the majority of its USERS, not reflect actual news trends.
The reason for this is ratings.
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Not according to them... But I'm sure you understand their policy better than they do.

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Utility Man said:
From the OP.....



Interesting, this thread started out in "Breaking News* - Non-MSM" and is now down in "Bias in the Media".

:thinking
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It was breaking news that was covered by CNN, Fox and others. I often see in the breaking news msm section, things that are not msm but remain there... I'll leave it at that.
 
Redress said:
Even if the Gizmodo reports are true, it is literally nothing different than any other private company determining what content they host.
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To be fair, this whole section is people on both sides primarily complaining about private companies determining what content they host (and how they host it)
 
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