Anybody who thinks the development of rules - private or public - to curb the proliferation of "fake news" is the answer or will even be remotely successful is deeply misguided. This whole trend of soft censorship has been increasingly worrying.
This is an issue a long time in the making and I don't see any quick solution. The only solution I see is a vastly improve education system that caters to even those at the bottom.
Fake news is not a failure of our media companies or news aggregators. It is a signal of a failure in our society to produce critically-thinking adults who can take a logical view of the world.
I can't even begin to understand Silliman's ridiculous analogy. Usually I can follow their (flawed) logic, but this one, I have no idea the point he is trying to make.
How the hell does a mailman walking up a driveway have any relevance in this debate? I am struggling to find even a modicum of relevancy.
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This is a long-term problem with a long-term solution
Anybody who thinks the development of rules - private or public - to curb the proliferation of "fake news" is the answer or will even be remotely successful is deeply misguided. This whole trend of soft censorship has been increasingly worrying.
This is an issue a long time in the making and I don't see any quick solution. The only solution I see is a vastly improve education system that caters to even those at the bottom.
Fake news is not a failure of our media companies or news aggregators. It is a signal of a failure in our society to produce critically-thinking adults who can take a logical view of the world.
Complete nonsense
I can't even begin to understand Silliman's ridiculous analogy. Usually I can follow their (flawed) logic, but this one, I have no idea the point he is trying to make.
How the hell does a mailman walking up a driveway have any relevance in this debate? I am struggling to find even a modicum of relevancy.