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Yup, I'm still trying to figure out if this whole thing is overblown or people actually consider things they see on Facebook to be reliable. I've never seen a news article on Facebook that wasn't by a news source I already knew about, and considered that to be reliable. Facebook just doesn't optimise for that, obviously. It just seems so obvious that the content on Facebook around news is and always has been trash that I'm amazed if enough people actually took it seriously enough for it to matter in the election.

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Anecdotally I've seen people heavily influenced by what they see on FB. Not so much amongst my professional colleagues who tend to be heavily into Tech, but it's definitely the case among friends and family who aren't into Tech and literally believe every bit of spam that shows up on their News Feed (especially if it aligns with their pre existing biases, although to be fair this may simply be because FB hardly ever surfaces stuff that doesn't align with your preexisting biases.

If anything, the content of the e-mail leaks (that the intelligence report from the other day confirmed to be authentic, although this was also known from verifying DKIM signatures) had a bigger impact.

I'm also concerned about who gets to decide what fake news is and filter it out. The 'real news' networks barely covered any of the DNC leaks

> The 'real news' networks barely covered any of the DNC leaks

That is not true at all. Fox covered it heavily, as far as I know; the New York Times and Washington Post both seemed to publish a new articles on the topic daily; CNN seemed to cover it heavily. Who didn't cover that story?

Cnn covered the dnc leaks in a extraordinary biased way. Telling people it was illegal for them to view it themselves.

Also the huffington post, cnn, msnbc, wapo, and nytimes did not cover it objectively. I hear tons of complaints from Bernie Supporters still to this day on campus.

> Cnn covered the dnc leaks in a extraordinary biased way. Telling people it was illegal for them to view it themselves.

I find this hard to believe. Can you back up any of these claims?

Chris Cuomo on CNN:

“Also interesting is, remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents. It’s different for the media. So everything you learn about this, you’re learning from us.”

This has been interpreted by some as you can't view or read them, as you likely need to download them, at least in your browser, to be able to view them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...

EDIT: To consolidate the discussion, see

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13353131

sure. https://www.popehat.com/2016/10/17/no-it-is-not-illegal-to-r...

glenn greenwalds twitter has more examples.

If Popehat and the Volokh Conspiracy are the typical sources, I suspect it's a slip of the tongue or mind blown way out of proportion, not some sort of official CNN policy or report.

EDIT: Searching around, all I see are similar sources: Infowars, Breitbart, etc. Maybe he said it (and who knows what the context was), but I don't think see any evidence it was more than a gaff. Certainly I never heard it from them or anyone else.

Thats not true.

Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161019/07004935835/cnn-t...

washington examiner http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cnn-anchor-warns-illegal-f...

a link to him saying it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jww8pOdPZpM

observer articles explain rigging and cnn assistance https://www.google.com/amp/observer.com/2016/07/latest-gucci...

https://www.google.com/amp/observer.com/2016/11/mainstream-m...

fox news

https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/...

I don't know Techdirt, but the others are outlets of the conservative ideological movement.

I'm not sure what the Observer article has to do with the issue at hand?

Its shows examples of media collusion.

If you ignore "conservative media", you may be just trapped in your filter bubble.

Its clear this is not a good faith discussion.

I voted for Bernie with many other college kids, and we abstained from voting in the presidential when fox news gave us more objective coverage at the dnc protests. It was an truely awakening experience for many of us. just my two cents.

It's sad that you have turned a discussion into personal attacks; I'm not going to participate in that.

You asked for evidence of CNN saying it was illegal to view the DNC leaks. As you've seen, the Chris Cuomo comment is the basis for that claim. Whether or not that's valid is separate.

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