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1 posted on 11/07/2022 2:03:08 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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"Accurate to who?"

Facts are not relative. They are not one thing to cross-dressing liberal crybabies and another to conservatives. They don't become more or less true the more you shut out opposing voices. Up will always be up and down will always be down.
2 posted on 11/07/2022 2:14:25 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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Here's a comment which goes to the heart of the issue of bringing news "accuracy" to Twitter:
"Accurate to who?," Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey asked.
From the Left's POV, all news that doesn't come from the Left is hate speech. Case in point, I made a comment on Twitter over the weekend that free speech is important and powerful...and necessary for a clear perception of and connection to reality itself (knowing full-well that it would rankle Lefties).

I got back exactly what I expected.

Most retorts were along the lines of "we already have free speech, we just don't permit "hate speech." Those Lefties honestly believe that any opinions that differ from theirs is "hate speech." I suggested to one commenter that when politics infects all discourse, it blinds people to any unbiased points of view.

He/she immediately blocked me, calling me irredeemable.

3 posted on 11/07/2022 2:14:28 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Our government is like a bunch of fleas discussing how they are going to manage their dog.)
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“...widely diverse viewpoints.”

__________

The implication is that this council will tolerate individuals who are: masculine/non-homosexualist, non-woke/anti-virtue signaling, non-modernist religious (authentic Catholic), culturally and morally conservative (countercultural), anti-propaganda/true antifascist, and 100% supportive of our country while only supporting our country’s government when it deserves it.

He’s going to require something like the Marshall plan to pull this off.


4 posted on 11/07/2022 2:17:41 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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What Musk’s takeover of Twitter has revealed is that the Lefties are like people on a very isolated island who, having no contact with outsiders, have lost touch with reality itself.


8 posted on 11/07/2022 2:30:16 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Our government is like a bunch of fleas discussing how they are going to manage their dog.)
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“Accurate to who?,” Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey asked.

That’s always been the question Jack. It sure as hell wasn’t accurate before.

Google/Youtube and Facebook aren’t remotely accurate either.


9 posted on 11/07/2022 2:43:53 AM PST by FLT-bird
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You Twitter people must know which ads are missing? Post them and let the boycott begin.


12 posted on 11/07/2022 3:15:29 AM PST by anton
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To: RoosterRedux

Something to keep in mind...

“A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent. “

William Blake


14 posted on 11/07/2022 3:25:49 AM PST by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: RoosterRedux
"...who determines what is accurate..."

The Lying, Dying Fake News Liberal Media - NO Lie They Won't Tell didn't worry about this when Commies ran Twitter. F 'em.

15 posted on 11/07/2022 3:31:28 AM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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I think that all of the ‘news’ sources should be flagged that way I can block them all at one time.


16 posted on 11/07/2022 3:43:55 AM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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The Biden administration is fraudulent and that’s a fact, Jack.


18 posted on 11/07/2022 4:02:20 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (/s)
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As if it was accurate before Musk took over.


20 posted on 11/07/2022 4:06:32 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray withSout ceasing)y)
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Sounds to me like the Administration has ordered those who get government monies to quit Twitter. This did not happen in woke boardrooms. It was an order from the administration.


22 posted on 11/07/2022 4:20:36 AM PST by Jumper ( )
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debate is a good thing

it is a competition of ideas


23 posted on 11/07/2022 4:21:35 AM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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"Accurate to who?," Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey asked.

This question is the original source of the entire twatter problem, the left does not believe in absolute facts.

"My own truth" is now and always has been, pure bullshit.

If we can not agree on certain basic facts, rules of the road, then the question , "Accurate to whom" becomes the standard, and the twatter that Musk bought is the outcome.

The Founding Fathers said that the Constitution of the United States would only work with a religious people, and they were correct.

As the US population becomes more secular, the less that people respect the Constitution.

24 posted on 11/07/2022 4:38:13 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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From my Free Republic experience, it appears that the alternative to censorship is blasted propaganda. If you can’t silence the opposition, you drown them with noise.

The Internet, as a source of information, has already passed its zenith. Long-trusted authorities like encyclopedia have been swept aside, by it. Newspapers have been fishwrap for decades.

It’ll be interesting to see if Musk can come up with anything, though I think that his belief that he should is misplaced.


25 posted on 11/07/2022 4:42:15 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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When it comes to politics, most issues are opinion based, and not subject to objective truth. The use of statistics is the most common way for politicians to promote a policy that may or may not be effective in the manner presented. While the numbers could be accurate, the context is speculative. There is simply no way to independently verify most politically based discussions.


32 posted on 11/07/2022 5:27:05 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Gee Jack are you implying that Twitter was truthful on your watch ? GTFO.


33 posted on 11/07/2022 5:27:17 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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“...sparking debate about how it would achieve that and who determines what is accurate.”

Well, well, well. Just listen to that.

I thought it was Jack Dorsey, and since there were no debates about his stated aims, he must have been perfect.

But now, since perfection is gone, the credentialing argument crops up.


35 posted on 11/07/2022 5:31:02 AM PST by odawg
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To: RoosterRedux

The only way to be accurate is to permit free unfiltered speech.


41 posted on 11/07/2022 6:16:58 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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