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Thursday, November 03, 2022

Thumb on the scale?

Here's a big, long deep dive on the recent piece at The Intercept.
Do not believe everything you read. Even if it comes from more “respectable” publications. The Intercept had a big story this week that is making the rounds, suggesting that “leaked” documents prove the DHS has been coordinating with tech companies to suppress information. The story has been immediately picked up by the usual suspects, claiming it reveals the “smoking gun” of how the Biden administration was abusing government power to censor them on social media.

The only problem? It shows nothing of the sort.

The article is garbage. It not only misreads things, it is confused about what the documents the reporters have actually say, and presents widely available, widely known things as if they were secret and hidden when they were not.
But people have a tendency to believe disinfo if it confirms their biases.

The problem with stuff like the Intercept piece is the old "Boy who cried wolf" thing. The moral of that story isn't that there aren't any wolves or that wolves are nothing to worry about, after all.

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Posted by Tam @ 8:47 AM
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