Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by bogomipz 3001 days ago
>"There is a world of difference between objective reporting and biased propaganda."

So lets examine the "propagandist" here - Bloomberg News. Selecting just a single Bloomberg tech reporter's(Sarah Frier) coverage of FB in the last year.[1]

We see stories such as:

"Sheryl Sandberg Calls for U.S. Policy Changes to Aid Working Mothers"

"Facebook Is Determined to Build Ties With Automakers"

"Facebook Hires Apple Veteran to Run Oculus VR Hardware"

"Facebook's Strategy for Augmented Reality Starts With Phones"

None of these stories contain any negative portrayal of FB. So clearly Bloomberg is not an anti-FB propagandist.

So a news organization can be a part-time propagandist then? In other words they are only producing propaganda when the story contain unflattering details about a subject?

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AP-41JG4_zk/sarah-frier

1 comments

> So a news organization can be a part-time propagandist then?

Of course.

> In other words they are only producing propaganda when the story contain unflattering details about a subject?

No. They can be producing propaganda when they are pushing a flattering narrative as well. Like what foxnews does with trump.

And it isn't just bloomberg. It's much of the media. As I said, there hasn't been a day without some propaganda about FB the past year. If you doubt it, do as I suggested. Go spend some time on the waybackmachine.

Actual propaganda is used to propel an agenda, ideology or belief system. None of those things are part-time considerations.
> Actual propaganda is used to propel an agenda, ideology or belief system.

Yes. What do you think #deleteFacebook is? We don't really have news anymore. We have agenda. Foxnews has an agenda. CNN has an agenda. The entire media has an agenda. The days of objective journalism is long gone. I think that's obvious to anyone paying attention. I'm not holding my breath on it returning anytime soon.

> None of those things are part-time considerations.

Sure they are. Bloomberg doesn't have to spend 24/7 on facebook. But they along with the rest of the media can.

Anyways, this is pointless. The evidence is right there for you to see. You can choose not to accept it if you want. Maybe it makes sense to you that we get 24/7 propaganda about facebook. Doesn't make sense to me.

>"What do you think #deleteFacebook is?"

And nowhere in the article is "#deleteFacebook" used. You seemed to have lost site of the context - i.e this article and the OP's assertion that it is propaganda.