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

[Chris]

The government should not be charged with determining truth.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1dfxXAs4yo

[Crepitus]

The government should not be charged with determining truth.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1dfxXAs4yo

The current administration wouldn't recognize "truth" if you tattooed it on their collective forehead.

[Chris]

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.

[The Xl]

Yeah, governments don't dictate facts and reality. They can fuck off with their propaganda.

[Crepitus]

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.

[Peter1469]

The current crop is the only one to make a serious try.

That is a big blind spot.

[Chris]

The current crop is the only one to make a serious try.

How so?

[Crepitus]

That is a big blind spot.


How so?

You guys cannot possibly be that out of touch with the current situation. "fake news" is the trumpian mantra.

[Peter1469]

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.

[Dr. Who]

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.

[Tahuyaman]

How is reducing regulations translated to imposing more regulations?

[Tahuyaman]

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.

More liberals here should argue their positions the way this liberal does.