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    Image of Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy
    Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy
    rt.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    Facebook – the ubiquitous privacy-invading social network – is taking European Commission regulators to court. The Silicon Valley giant is complaining that an EU investigation is invading its pr...

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    Image of On Blogs in the Social Media Age - Capitalism vs. Collectivism
    On Blogs in the Social Media Age - Capitalism vs. Collectivism
    calnewport.com link posted by c_prompt in capitalism
    Interesting perspective that blogging provides better (i.e., higher quality) content while social media brings more voices into the online conversation: Blogs implement a capitalist attention m...

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    Image of NYT Flashback: "If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama"
    NYT Flashback: "If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama"
    zerohedge.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    Former President Obama has come under fire for what many have viewed as a hypocritical condemnation of President Trump during a Friday acceptance speech for his Ethics in Government award at the Un...

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    Tu Quoque: Anatomy of an online argument
    bardoloi.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    The real goal of tu quoque (or any ad hominem attack) is to shift the focus to your opponent’s weaknesses as a way to hide your argument’s weaknesses. To create a hypocrisy meme: 1) pick a trigger...

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    Image of TIL Facebook makes your private phone numbers available
    TIL Facebook makes your private phone numbers available
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned Facebook imports your phone numbers from your mobile phone's address book, sometimes without your knowledge, thus making the private phone numbers of ALL of your contacts (not just yo...

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    Image of JFK, the press, and WikiLeaks
    JFK, the press, and WikiLeaks
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As we consider the ramifications of WikiLeak's courageous action to provide us truth about the Iraq war, it is useful to also consider how poorly the mainstream media has served us and the pursuit of...

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    Image of TIL: The media can legally lie
    TIL: The media can legally lie
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I Learned that the media can legally lie. FTA: In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or...

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    What friends are for
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Historically, friendship was based on shared values. Ayn Rand considered friendship as "the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the pe...

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    Image of Facebook's Gone Rogue
    Facebook's Gone Rogue
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...14 privacy groups filed a unfair-trade complaint with the FTC against Facebook on Wednesday... Facebook thinks that your notions of privacy - meaning your ability to control information abou...

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    It was the gun's fault
    townhall.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
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    When Social Media Gets Real - My Own Social Media
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    My own social media SIR: I haven't got a computer, but I was told about Facebook and Twitter and am trying to make friends outside Facebook and Twitter while applying the same principles. ...

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    Image of Hastings’ Lessons From the Grave - Have We Learned Anything? Car Hacking is a Reality, not Theory
    Hastings’ Lessons From the Grave - Have We Learned Anything? Car Hacking is a Reality, not Theory
    whowhatwhy.org link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
    The Cold Case of the death of a hot reporter. Was there more to it than a tragic accident? And why did the media not look into this affair, given the kinds of things Hastings was investigating, and t...

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    Image of Morgan Freeman on Baltimore Protest Coverage: ‘F-ck the Media’
    Morgan Freeman on Baltimore Protest Coverage: ‘F-ck the Media’
    thedailybeast.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    ...“Cameras actually distort the story. The story already happened. The story began with policy and apexed with Freddie Gray’s death. The story is simple. Gray died in state custody. Unlikely a...

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    Image of First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers
    First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers
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    The manipulation of the conversation around vaccines in the mainstream media has been nothing short of a tour de force. If you read only mainstream publications, you might come away with the impres...

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    Peter Oborne - Why I have resigned from the Telegraph
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    The coverage of HSBC in Britain's Daily Telegraph is a fraud on its readers. If major newspapers allow corporations to influence their content for fear of losing advertising revenue, democracy itself...

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    Image of People often tell reporters things their employers, or their government, want to keep suppressed. But leaking can serve the public interest, fueling revelatory and important journalism. Here is how to leak to The Intercept, a publication strongly committed to publishing stories based on leaked material when that material is newsworthy and serves the public interest
    People often tell reporters things their employers, or their government, want to keep suppressed. But leaking can serve the public interest, fueling revelatory and important journalism. Here is how to leak to The Intercept, a publication strongly committed to publishing stories based on leaked material when that material is newsworthy and serves the public interest
    firstlook.org link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
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    Image of Why Do People Trust Wikipedia? Because An Argument Is Better Than A Lecture
    Why Do People Trust Wikipedia? Because An Argument Is Better Than A Lecture
    techdirt.com link posted by digdug in politics
    Many people trust Wikipedia much more than "official" encyclopedias and traditional news sources. Well, no shit. That's because, as I've been trying to scream at you people for...

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    Image of SOLVED: Windows 7 Media Player "play to" doesn't work with WDTV Live and McAfee firewall
    SOLVED: Windows 7 Media Player "play to" doesn't work with WDTV Live and McAfee firewall
    editorial posted by c_prompt in windows
    It took me days to figure out a solution to this, so I'm posting for others who run across this issue. McAfee support (which stinks) didn't know how to solve it and I didn't find a soluti...

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