Posted on 01/22/2020 9:24:10 AM PST by Hojczyk
This feat was accomplished in concert with the anti-fake news effort, started in September 2016 through a nonprofit called First Draft. (First Draft was funded by Google, owned by Alphabet, run by Eric Schmidt, a major Hillary Clinton funder and supporter.) The anti-fake news effort was also an effort by special interests to step in and control news and internet information.
In a relatively short period of time, they had us. Curate our information, we cried. Block “untrue” news reports and blogs! Fact check political ads and certain politicians! Remove selected social media accounts! We invited special interests and political players to control our information under the guise of knowing what’s best for us.
No longer can we bear or do we deserve to hear various views and interpretations of facts. The curators decide which views are right and true They universally declare the others to be debunked or discredited.
Never mind that the appointed curators are advancing their own views or special interests. No matter that the corporations employing the fact checks are looking out for their owners or corporate interests; or currying favor with government regulators— sometimes even doing the government’s bidding.
From a pure factual standpoint, government, news outlets, social media and other corporations are hardly parties that should be trusted to oversee “curation” efforts. History is littered with examples of them being wrong, conflicted or providing false information.
(Excerpt) Read more at sharylattkisson.com ...
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On the 70th anniversary of Orwell’s death: The danger of third parties “curating” and “fact checking” our info
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“Curate”....I have come to hate that word!
She speaks the truth
DOJ should break up both Comcast and ATT. Telecom must not also control the news.
What do you mean by “we” Ke-mo sah-bee?
This is the main problem with museums.
Why not post the entire headline? John Rob removed the headline length restriction some time ago.
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