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    "Fake News" is Not an Excuse to Regulate the Internet

    The government should not be charged with determining truth.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    The government should not be charged with determining truth.


    The current administration wouldn't recognize "truth" if you tattooed it on their collective forehead.
    People who think a movie about plastic dolls is trying to turn their kids gay or trans are now officially known as

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    The current administration wouldn't recognize "truth" if you tattooed it on their collective forehead.
    Nor'd the previous, or the one before that.


    The point remains we do not want those very people controlling what is and is not truth.
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    Yeah, governments don't dictate facts and reality. They can $#@! off with their propaganda.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Nor'd the previous, or the one before that.


    The point remains we do not want those very people controlling what is and is not truth.
    The current crop is the only one to make a serious try.
    People who think a movie about plastic dolls is trying to turn their kids gay or trans are now officially known as

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    The current crop is the only one to make a serious try.
    That is a big blind spot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    The current crop is the only one to make a serious try.
    How so?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    That is a big blind spot.
    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    How so?
    You guys cannot possibly be that out of touch with the current situation. "fake news" is the trumpian mantra.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    You guys cannot possibly be that out of touch with the current situation. "fake news" is the trumpian mantra.
    90% of the Trump coverage is negative. The "media" are creating the problems.
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    I don't think that the government should be involved. I do think that people, now more than ever, should be taught to research the stories that they read.

    People also have to recognize the difference between editorial opinions and hard facts. News, is no longer the province of Media outlets who have to substantiate their stories, if push comes to shove and that standard never required that what they publish is the truth, but that they meet a certain standard of showing good faith in repeating what they are told by apparently legitimate sources. People need to be their own news police and recognize that many internet sources are simply forums for opinion and not facts. If you read it on the internet, it's not necessarily true.
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