• IronBird@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    news networks have been doing this same pretty much since they’ve existed

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      10 hours ago

      No, news networks are not algorithmically curating content specifically for each individual person, based on personal traits that they record based on usage.

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      11 hours ago

      Humans have been killing each other as long as we’ve existed isn’t an argument to avoid trying to make it happen less

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        11 hours ago

        just saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits…repealed under Clinton iirc

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          1 hour ago

          Yeah, by memory Rupert Murdoch had his hand at that and in Aus and the UK. I’d love to see that reined in again too

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          4 hours ago

          Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.

          In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn’t manipulate things at all before.