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This is another example of how the ruling class is trying to reassert control over the narrative and flow of information.

Flag dissent as `misinformation`, remove comments, remove dislikes. Bit by bit, clamping down on the ability for the public to revolt.

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They've also manipulated search results in the last few years. Before ~2018 if you searched for a political debate, the top result was likely to be an independent content creator or someone who was there, a vlog, or something like that. Now it's all.. FOX, NBC, ABC, CNN, etc. I wonder if the legacy media is paying Google behind the scenes to promote content.

Isn't the bar higher for NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX, etc?

I.e. If they say something false on purpose, they're likely to get sued out of existence. Whereas, some random guy can just say "oh, I was only joking, or this is just entertainment, or it's just freedom of speech man... YOU are responsible for checking my dis-info" after spreading lies on purpose.

Personally, for these reasons, I trust the mainstream news sources MUCH more than the random person on the internet that may or may not be trying to sell me some snakeoil on the side (e.g. Alex Jones).

Disclaimer: These are my own views, and not of my employer.

CNN with their 'Ivermectin is horse medicine' didn't seem to look like they cared..

> If they say something false on purpose, they're likely to get sued out of existence

Only if they piss off the wrong "well-connected" billionaire. Otherwise, nah, never ever going to happen.

Definitely true, I also noticed this with the BLM protests. There were almost no uncommented videos, all just tv recordings from the large channels. And the few uncommented videos I found were from news stations as well.

Hey man, are you against creating a "safe space"? You must be one of those non-inclusive racist people. /s

What's amazing to me is the intellectual hoops I see otherwise smart people go through to ignore this, and often when confronted, claim refuge in apathy... I really don't get the increase in servitudinal attitudes.

I'll say this again, I want Google to go down along with the rest of FAANG. It has way too much control over US population and the rest of the world. It has started to abuse its position.

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