That is not the argument in the opinion piece at all. What are you responding to?
I have said a lot of things on both sides and is hardly just some troll. We all have our triggers, this is one for me so whats wrong with that?
There's a problem here - first past the post voting - but there's also another problem: denial of the legitimacy of an opposition. The vast majority of the people who voted for Trump have valid opinions. You can't just dismiss them.
People who voted for him are not all misinformed racist sexist delusional hicks. There's too many of them to all be fooled. Many of them voted for Obama last time; the numbers make that clear.
Denial is the biggest thing I see in the US media right now, and it's worrying. Because it will probably lead to opposition to the symptom (Trump), rather than the cause (what motivated people to vote for him), and will promote internal opposition. It brings heat, not light.
I believe most of us are misinformed and delusional, and I do not believe people having Facebook as their primary news source is improving the situation.
"After the election, Mr. Zuckerberg claimed that the fake news was a problem on “both sides” of the race. That’s wrong. There are, of course, viral fake anti-Trump memes, but reporters have found that the spread of false news is far more common on the right than it is on the left."
>> but reporters have found that the spread of false news is far more common on the right than it is on the left."
does not make this
>> Mr. Zuckerberg claimed that the fake news was a problem on “both sides” of the race
incorrect.
One side does not get a pass because it was the lesser problem.
We are talking about whether it effects election which is what the article claims he is in denial about.
"Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief, believes that it is “a pretty crazy idea” that “fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of content, influenced the election in any way.” In holding fast to the claim that his company has little effect on how people make up their minds, Mr. Zuckerberg is doing real damage to American democracy — and to the world."
Regardless of whether their assumption is true or not, I wouldn't expect the CEO of said company to just come out and say "oh yeah, sure, we're influencers like any other media and we forward fake news too". It's just business sense imho.
As for what Mark truly believes, on a personal level, you'd have to be a close friend, not a journalist recording, to get privy to it.