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US President Barack Obama Criticizes Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories (www.bgr.in)
An anonymous reader writes:Concerned over the spread of fake news on the social networking giant, US President Barack Obama has criticized Facebook, saying fake stories on social networks are spreading lies this election. Speaking at a rally for Hillary Clinton at University of Michigan, Obama said: "The way campaigns have unfolded, we just start accepting crazy stuff as normal and people if they just repeat attacks enough and outright lies over and over again. As long as it's on Facebook, and people can see it, as long as it's on social media, people start believing it, and it creates this dust cloud of nonsense," he told the gathering. A recent BuzzFeed investigation found that 38 percent of posts shared from three large right-wing politics pages on Facebook included "false or misleading information."
So going by this logic politicians should just shut up and let their record stand for itself.
A better question - what is this "Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories" that BO is criticizing?
"To combat the lies being spread about me; I'd like you to rev up the censorship"
Thank you, Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden and so many others, for courageously defending humanity, my freedom and more!
When they were spreading stuff against my political foes, it was cool. But now that my party is getting some bad press, it ain't cool no more. Need to stop this! Think of the children!!
"Obama criticizes Facebook of...
Perhaps you mean criticizes FB for spreading fake stories
That implies two things:
1. The quality of Facebook has increased substantially.
2. We're screwed.
We were so much better off when all of our fake stories were carefully handcrafted by the propaganda wing of the Democrat party (CNN, MSN, CBS, FNC, etc.).
See that "Preview" button?
They're just rubbing salt into the wound.
The government is concerned about spreading lies and that it may dupe people into making choices that they wouldn't make if they knew the real facts? Talk about blistering irony...
It's getting to the point where in the future, nobody will be able to tell what's true and what's false.
That's really problematic, because if two people who need to dialogue with each other don't have a 'frame of reference', how *can* they discuss anything?
Deal with reality - the world as it is - rather than ideality - the world as you would like it to be.
A recent BuzzFeed investigation found that 38 percent of posts shared from three large right-wing politics pages on Facebook included "false or misleading information."
Yeah, but, let me guess, Media Matters, TPM, etc. were found to be bastions of honesty, right?
I had to hide all posts from about half my facebook "friends" on both sides of the political aisle because so much of it was just outright falsehoods. It was different kinds of falsehoods, but still lies.
Do you have ESP?
Isn't it great that sheep have such short memories. That is a little different than saying that she would say anything to be President and that she was completely unqualified. Of course, that unqualified claim was 8 years ago, look how much she accomplished in those eight years. Arming ISIS, Benghazii, the deal with the Russians that gives them Uranium, all of our other great success in the middle east, not to mention the Clinton Foundation that has raised hundreds of millions for Hatti and managed to funnel a few million to Hatti through well connected "Friends of Bill".
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
...this would not be such a tight race. And I say this as a Trump supporter
Keeps trying to fix a broken system after the damage has already been done. If he wanted to fix this, he would need to restart the primaries.
Obama has no interest in fixing this, or even enforcing the laws. Hell he came right out the other day telling illegals and non-citizens to vote, and there would be no prosecution on it.
Om, nomnomnom...
Watch the video for yourself. He also promises not to investigate illegal immigrants for illegally voting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues. ... Donald Trump is a small business."
Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State.
"Most young Americans right now, they’re not covered" by health insurance.
"We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."
"Under Gov. Romney's definition
Because of Obamacare, "over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- it's true -- but they've gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years." Obamacare hadn't been implemented yet.
"Fast and Furious" began under the Bush administration.
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it "would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."
"Thirty million Americans, including a lot of people in Florida, are going to be able to get healthcare next year because of that law."
Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports."
"I didn't raise taxes once."
"The vast majority of the money I got was from small donors all across the country.''
"We've excluded lobbyists from policy making jobs."
Insurers delayed an Illinois man's treatment, "and he died because of it."
Health reform will "give every American the same opportunity" to buy health insurance the way members of Congress do.
Preventive care "saves money."
"I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter."
Shovel-ready jobs
Keep your doctor
Foreign money in campaigns
The list goes on and on...
"A plan fiendishly clever in its intricacies"- Homer Simpson
Facebook is a SOCIAL NETWORK, NOT a news source.
Facebook is all about opinion and whatever people post. If you treat it a an actual source with journalistic integrity, you are a dumbass.
I dunno.
BUT....everyone please remember, with the expected high voter turnouts this year, in order to endure everyone can cast their votes, THS year, we are having the Republicans vote today, and tomorrow is reserved for the Democrats to cast their ballots.
This is the best way to keep things fair, and ensure everyone gets to vote and have their vote counted.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Department of Truth
Of course, you would have all the -others- tossed out even if they are citizens. Xenophobes like you have no place in modern society. Either we learn to get along with each other (and we have been doing better lately even though the news makes you think otherwize), or we will wind up destroying ourselves, or that which makes us human.
Quit using your fear as a driver for your beliefs.
Silence is a state of mime.
38 percent of posts shared from three large right-wing politics pages on Facebook included "false or misleading information."
Of course, the posts shared from left-wing pages were completely accurate. /sarc TFA is crap. It implies that the right-wing sites are unreliable, but ignores the negative information about the left-wing sites.
The BuzzFeed article is long, and gives lots of interesting detail. It even appears to be pretty balanced, not pushing any particular political agenda. No surprise, extremist sites on both sides make shit up to support their views. The site with the highest proportion of false content was right-wing, but it was also the site with the least content. The site with the most false content (in absolute numbers, more than all other sites combined) was a leftist site.
With that background,
Enjoy life! This is not a dress rehearsal.
Illegal immigrants != immigrants. Although not a subscriber so I can't see all of it, that article starts off referring just to immigrants. Opponents of border control consistently combine legal and illegal immigrants into one group when spouting statistics, which means they are ignoring the actual point. People who choose to violate the law in order to immigrate are not particularly prone to respect other laws, while jumping through the convoluted mess of our immigration laws suggests someone who is more law abiding than most. Collecting any statistics on illegal immigrants is going to be difficult because they are actively trying to hide, meaning that the combined group is going to be dominated by legal immigrants.
"Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny! Free men pull in all sorts of directions" -- Havelock Vetinari
Female host:
"Many of the millennials, dreamers, undocumented -- undocumented citizens, I call them citizens because they contribute to this country. Are fearful of voting, so if I vote will immigration know where I live, will they come for my family and deport us?"
Obama:
Not true. And the reason is, first of all ... when you vote, you are a citizen yourself and there is not a situation where the voting rules are somehow transferred over and people start investigating, and etc. The sanctity of the vote, is strictly confidential in terms of who you voted for. If you have a family member who is undocumented, you have an even greater reason to vote."
Seriously, fuck you. You can try and cut that anyway you want, but it doesn't get much clearer than that.
Om, nomnomnom...
Some people are saying that Hillary is a shapeshifting reptoid.
Myself, I wouldn't know.
But that's what they're saying on the Facebooks.
We just provide the lies, you pick which one fits your preconceived bias.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
You bring up "his party," but I didn't read that from TFA. But you brought it up, why?
I remember Obama saying both of these things in the 2008 campaign and you can find videos of him saying them on YouTube. Mentioning O'Rielly in your post can't change that truth.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
If you are undocumented, you cannot legally register to vote or vote. (FTFY) But go ahead. He says no one is checking or investigating. And he's got your back if anyone finds out.
This is a lie. The context is talking about voter suppression and a fear of people deporting the families of voters. "When you vote - you are a citizen yourself - and there is not a situation where the voting roles are transferred over [to immigration or anyone else]." "Part of what is important for Latino Citizens, is to make your voice heard because you are voting for yourself, you are voting friends, family, etc, who may not have a voice, who can't legally vote." He's talking about Citizens voting, not ever anything else. Only Citizens can vote, you have to be a Citizen to get on the voter roles in the first place and they always check the voter roles.
Obama misunderstood the question because of the host's incorrect use of the word "citizen". If you listen to what he says it's clear.
"When you vote - you are a citizen yourself - and there is not a situation where the voting roles are transferred over [to immigration or anyone else]."
He's answering the question (which is not quite what she asked) "If I vote will immigration come for my undocumented family members", and the answer is no.
"Part of what is important for Latino Citizens, is to make your voice heard because you are voting for yourself, you are voting friends, family, etc, who may not have a voice, who can't legally vote."
He's very clearly saying that Citizens can and should vote in a way that supports their families and friends. He never says that Illegals can or should vote.
And they can't. Only Citizens can vote, you have to be a Citizen to get on the voter roles in the first place and they always check the voter roles.
he specifically said "If you are a Latino Citizen with undocumented family members... you have more reason to vote" He never encouraged illegals to vote.
You say that what I posted is lies, period.
Maybe you are just a liar yourself and want to convince people that what I posted isn't true. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe you are not a liar, maybe you just react to things that you don't like by calling other people liars and are too stupid to search this for yourself and see that Obama had very different things to say about Crooked Hillary 8 years ago.
Here are a few links to get you started, but don't take my word for this, Google "youtube obama 2008 hillary clinton" yourself and see what gems you come across.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKFC9r2xzYk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVS8-1KwS2c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6f4tZFZ_-g
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Simple, because there are NOT FUCKING CITIZENS!!
Geez, how hard is that to get?
They came here illegally....they are disqualified from voting and they have started out their journey on US soil by committing a crime. If you don't like that, change the laws, but you can't change the fact that they are here by breaking immigration laws.
Ok..so, you say anyone here in the US during elections should be able to vote? Ok..are there other countries in the world that are so haphazard with their election laws?
By your logic, you'd be cool with other countries sending floods of folks here to try to sway elections. How about lots of Russians flooding in close swing states...they come here, overstay their visa...and keep doing this with more and more people coming over during the 4 years between elections and then they all get to vote and sway our elections based on what their mother country wants.
Far fetched? It could happen.
Ok, how long do you think you should have if you are in the US illegally before you can vote. 1 year? 5 years? 10 years? If you are here illegally, how can you prove it?
Those documents to prove how long you are here could easily be forged....
Again..there are rules and laws on the books. If you don't like them, vote to get representative that will change them, get involved...promote your cause.
But we can just ignore things we don't like, or it falls into anarchy.
And other external countries to the US do NOT have our best interest in mind, they have their best interest. That's what a countries government is supposed to do.
So, look. I don't think hardly anyone has a problem with immigrants. Legal immigrants.
Yes, come to the US...just sign the fucking guest book on the way in....
And one last hint..if you want to come here, be a citizen and contribute...quit waving other countries' flags when you're on TV protesting. It doesn't help your cause much.
If you wanted things like they were in your home country..stay there.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Lighten up Francis....
Geez, if you're stupid enough to believe a joke like this, you kinda deserve what you get.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
he specifically said "If you are a Latino Citizen with undocumented family members... you have more reason to vote" He never encouraged illegals to vote.
Unfortunately, you are mistaken.
As near as I can transcribe her exact line, with meaning and intent, Gina Rodriquez said:
Many of the millennials, dreamers, undocumented, uh, citizens - and I call them citizens 'cause they contribute to this country - are fearful of voting. So if I vote*, will Immigration know where I live, will they come for my family, and deport us?
*With the "I vote", she is putting herself in the role of a young illegal immigrant who wants to vote. She calls them 'citizens', just 'cause she wants to, not because they actually are. That is the situation President Obama is replying to.
You can make an argument on whether he refuted her application of "citizen" to illegal immigrants, and his response was only for US citizens. However, he didn't correct her definition of citizen before replying, and possibly used her definition when he answered her question. His response:
Not true. And the reason is, first of all, when you vote you are a citizen yourself and there's not a situation where the voting rolls somehow are transferred over, and people start investigating, etc. The sanctity of the vote is strictly confidential in terms of who you voted for. If you have a family member who, maybe, is undocumented, then you an even greater reason to vote.
So, did President Obama accept Gina Rodriquez's redefinition of the term "citizen" to apply to illegal aliens in his response? Did he affirm it by telling the 'dreamers' that "when you vote, you are a citizen"? He certainly didn't dispute it.
If you think I voted for Trump because of this post, you're wrong. I voted for Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party. Again.
I would ask you to look up the governor election in Washington state where the City of Seattle "found" bags of ballots that were NOT counted on the first go around, but were counted on the recount because of the closeness of the election. The Dems won because of the "found" bags.
""King County Council Chairman Larry Phillips was at a Democratic Party office in Seattle on Sunday December 12, reviewing a list of voters whose absentee votes had been rejected due to signature problems, when to his surprise he found his own name listed. Phillips said he was certain he had filled out and signed his ballot correctly, and asked the county election officials to investigate the discrepancy. They discovered that Phillips' signature had somehow failed to be scanned into the election computer system after he submitted his request for an absentee ballot. Election workers claimed that they had received Phillips' absentee ballot in the mail, but they could not find his signature in the computer system to compare to the one on the ballot envelope, so they mistakenly rejected the ballot instead of following the standard procedure of checking it against the signature of Phillips' physical voter registration card that was on file. The discovery prompted King County Director of Elections Dean Logan to order his staff to search the computers to see if any other ballots had been incorrectly rejected.
Logan announced on December 13 that 561 absentee ballots in the county had been wrongly rejected due to an administrative error.[13] The next day, workers retrieving voting machines from precinct storage found an additional 12 ballots, bringing the total to 572 newly discovered ballots. Logan admitted the lost ballots were an oversight on the part of his department, and insisted that the found ballots be counted. On December 15, the King County Canvassing Board voted 2-1 in favor of counting the discovered ballots.
Upon examination of the discovered ballots, it was further discovered that, with the exception of two ballots, none of the ballots had been cast by voters whose surnames began with the letters A, B, or C.[14] There was a further search for more ballots, and on December 17, county workers discovered a tray in a warehouse with an additional 162 previously uncounted ballots.[14] All together, 723 uncounted or improperly rejected ballots were discovered in King County during the manual hand recount."" --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_gubernatorial_election,_2004
If it's not this "joke" then it's some other "joke", a call to say there's no need to vote or that you're guilty of a voting violation.
It's all mean spirited, disrespectful and crooked and should be prosecuted whichever side is doing it.
Nullius in verba
And that's just the blatant stuff and excludes Breitbart.
"the whole thing" Which version? The original Hebrew? Latin? Aramaic? Greek? Which books? Is the Gospel of Thomas, Mary, Judas, etc included? Don't forget the original cantillation verse set too.