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7. It wasn't just Facebook

Reply to live love laugh (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 04:30 AM

Oct 2019

It was, however, a war largely waged on the Internet. At one point even here RT was considered a site allowed as a "trusted" resource. We had many a person spouting their talking points and defending them, and we're a tiny corner of the internet. Just as food for thought.

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I tire of the excuses and blame for the last selection [View all] live love laugh Oct 2019 OP

"the greatest asset there is to people and to democracy world wide" PSPS Oct 2019 #1

Fox does that... radical noodle Oct 2019 #2

That's a whataboutism worthy of zuckerburg PSPS Oct 2019 #12

No it isn't radical noodle Oct 2019 #17

There's a media monopoly but nobody's going after that live love laugh Oct 2019 #13

I don't know. It seems to be a bit more complex than that. stopdiggin Oct 2019 #3

I agree Zuckerberg is not a leader but Roger Ailes live love laugh Oct 2019 #14

on the same page there stopdiggin Oct 2019 #18

"THE flashpoint for election disinformation" stopdiggin Oct 2019 #4

Decades of RW talk radio and Fux Newz have done a lot more damage than FB and Twitter have done Celerity Oct 2019 #5

That's history. herding cats Oct 2019 #6

I am on the border of Gen and a Millennial, and in terms of shaping the current situation, without Celerity Oct 2019 #9

I suspect we're on basically the same page. herding cats Oct 2019 #10

I watch MSNBC on the net from here in the EU (I am 23). I have not listened to the radio Celerity Oct 2019 #11

herding cats the dying right wing media is part of live love laugh Oct 2019 #16

Celerity I agree. And too many want to overlook that. nt live love laugh Oct 2019 #15

It wasn't just Facebook herding cats Oct 2019 #7

Lot of things went wrong in 2016... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #8

EVERYTHING is 'cause Susan Sarandon. Sugar Smack Oct 2019 #19