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cheeseomlit 7 hours ago

>including facts

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parthdesai 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> deliberate, systematic manipulation of information

And, what are we doing with those facts? We're manipulating them lol

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fc417fc802 7 hours ago | parent [-]

It's using information to influence public opinion in a calculated manner. Said information can include facts. It can even be entirely factual.

Manipulating the feed of a social media website for the purpose of swaying the viewer's opinion is a cut and dry example of propaganda. Doesn't matter who does it or whether the information displayed is factual or not. Those things make zero difference.

	▲	johnnyanmac 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This really doesn't pass the sniff test. It reminds me of a recent post I saw: "what are movies people like only becsuse it is good?", calling it "quality slop". It's contradictory. If people are given a wide perspective of a situation and adjusts bias for the Overton window (aka, we don't let Nazis have an equal platform to a more progressive group), then we just call that good reporting. The act of convincing people isn't inherently a bad thing. How you do it matters a lot.