This guy ("Fox News contributor" in his bio, fwiw) takes a chart where it's very clearly showing an overall upward slope, cherry-picks two specific dots, and convinces his readership things are actually trending downward.
This isn't even about the subject matter [climate]. It proves how dangerous social media is, especially now under an anything-goes CEO. And how easily manipulated people can be.
(05-04-2023 08:46 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote: [ -> ]It proves how dangerous social media is, especially now under an anything-goes CEO. And how easily manipulated people can be.
The antidote to speech that is wrong, is more freedom of speech, not less.
(05-04-2023 03:43 PM)Doo Wrote: [ -> ]I can’t imagine living my life afraid of letting people make up their own minds about what other people say.
Heh. Wait'll you hear about a governor's crusade against his state's largest employer over an opinion. And library books.
Unlike that example, Twitter's a private company that can regulate its content however it pleases. It's always been pretty toxic, but the previous owner did somewhat manage to keep the most egregious hate-speech and dangerous disinformation at bay.
It's Musk's company now. He can do what he wants (I mean, to an extent... you still have some "yell fire in a crowded movie theater" type of legal boundaries). And if he wants to attract a new audience by ushering in a Wild West environment and get people to pay him $8/mo for that privilege, hey, that's his choice.
(05-04-2023 03:43 PM)Doo Wrote: [ -> ]I can’t imagine living my life afraid of letting people make up their own minds about what other people say.
Heh. Wait'll you hear about a governor's crusade against his state's largest employer over an opinion. And library books.
Unlike that example, Twitter's a private company that can regulate its content however it pleases. It's always been pretty toxic, but the previous owner did somewhat manage to keep the most egregious hate-speech and dangerous disinformation at bay.
It's Musk's company now. He can do what he wants (I mean, to an extent... you still have some "yell fire in a crowded movie theater" type of legal boundaries). And if he wants to attract a new audience by ushering in a Wild West environment and get people to pay him $8/mo for that privilege, hey, that's his choice.
Milloy (the guy I referenced in the original post) was on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show a couple days ago, telling viewers that wildfire smoke was perfectly fine and posed no health concerns. He said China and India have nasty pollution all the time without any health impacts, which is a lie. Ingraham then chimed in by mocking those people in NYC wearing masks while walking around the orange, ash-filled haze.
(06-10-2023 10:17 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote: [ -> ]Milloy (the guy I referenced in the original post) was on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show a couple days ago, telling viewers that wildfire smoke was perfectly fine and posed no health concerns. He said China and India have nasty pollution all the time without any health impacts, which is a lie. Ingraham then chimed in by mocking those people in NYC wearing masks while walking around the orange, ash-filled haze.
These people are truly sick.
So Fox is just as bad as ever. Because you want money from ratings, you're willing to say things that can get people hurt, at a minimum.
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