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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Rejects Trump Bias Claims (bbc.com)
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed comments made by Donald Trump that the site has always been against him. From a report: The US president accused the social network of "collusion" on Twitter, branding it "anti-Trump". He made the same claim against the New York Times and the Washington Post. Facebook will shortly hand over 3,000 political adverts to congressional investigators probing alleged Russian meddling in the US election. The site believes the ads were probably purchased by Russian entities during and after the 2016 presidential contest. Facebook, Twitter and Google have been asked to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee on 1 November about the allegations of Russian interference. Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear in the past that he doesn't like Donald Trump -- or at least, his policies. "This statement shows frustration, I think. Not just with the president, but at the atmosphere swirling around Facebook at the moment -- commentary that is painting it as a burden on the electoral process, and maybe even on society as a whole. He's trying to show all the good -- as he sees it -- that Facebook has done.
"We have investigated ourselves and found that we did nothing wrong." - Facebook/Police
"Except for that politically biased 'trending news' selection that made the news during last year's election, but we stopped that, honest." - Zuckerberg
As time goes on, I have come to despise Zuckerborg and his stupid "product" more and more.
You must have missed the memo reporting that a lot of these ads were plugging Black Lives Matter, Hillary's widespread support, and similar topics. If those messages helped get Donald Trump elected, why are all the Democrats colluding with Russia?
If the concern is foreign actors meddling with the U.S. election, shouldn't Facebook be turning over to Congress all political ads purchased on Facebook by foreigners for viewing in the U.S.?
By turning over only the Russian ads, they've basically already confirmed Trump's accusation of bias. If you only look for roaches in the kitchen, you'll only find roaches in the kitchen. Doesn't mean there aren't roaches in the rest of your house. And for all you know the kitchen may actually have the fewest roaches.
There is an increasing desperation in the leftist community to convey criminal activity where no evidence can be found for said activity. And my statement indicated no bias. Simply a Quote from the story trying to say he isn't bias, when its showing that Zuck IS 100% Biased. Your trolling did nothing to change that. :-P
what the hell does "The site believes the ads were [probably] purchased by Russian entities .." mean? Either there is clear evidence that <madeupname> Nikoli Polityetski </madeupname> purchased an add that linked back to an account with the Bank of Moscow, or there isn't. To say that any anti-clinton add _probably_ was purchased by Russian entities, and no body else, is nothing but hearsay and speculation. I hope its not a 'probably' but instead a clearer link than that. Otherwise this is nothing but Jury tampering before a trial (figurative or literal, whatever the case may be)
3000 ads doesn't really seem like a large number to me. I'm pretty sure the 3 or 4 days right before any election, I see nearly that many ads of all the local political races like judges, magistrates, city council, etc. And why is it that most of these articles make it look like all the Russian tampering was pro-trump, when just a day ago there was another article that suggested that these 'Russian entities' were buying a lot of pro Black Lives Matter, as well as anti-immigration ads, in equal amounts. That article suggested these 'Russian entities' where deliberately trying to divide the populace and create racial tensions.
Here is a link to one of the papers re-capping the information. http://nypost.com/2017/09/27/r... Ironically the NYPost cites sources at CNN, which I went back and watched the video with Wolf Blitzer, and yet CNN keeps beating the "Russians cheated to get Trump elected" drum.
I doubt that 80% of users dislike Trump, considering 40-50% percent of users voted for him.
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.
except that it is.. http://nypost.com/2017/09/27/r...
Even admitted to by CNN itself, which you can watch live here http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/2...
but its easier to think it was all one sided and pro-trump, which goes to the heart of the claimed goal in the first place. To divide and heat up tempers.
Why do you hide behind AC posts? That seems pretty cowardice if you ask me. Grow some balls man..
I'm a political centrist... The left are psychopathic children trying to destroy America... The right are honorable people trying to do what's best for their beloved country... I see this all from my unbiased mountaintop...
Centrist? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
When I look at the political right, I see them acting maturely, honorably, and in the best interest of the nation.
Yes. With our mature, level-headed leader in the White House tackling all of the most important issues, what could possibly go wrong? Not meaning to Troll, just wondering WTF you're smoking. I want some.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
My email inbox is no longer clogged with pictures of cats.
And let's face it, more Americans dislike the head Cheeto than like him.
See, this is where so many in the US on the Left deny reality and cause themselves and others so much anger and frustration. Trump-haters are actually the minority in the US yet behave as if they are a "majority denied" and become all self-righteously angry believing, because of the echo-chamber within which they exist, in their own delusion that they are the majority and were somehow cheated.
The rest of the US may not love Trump but they don't hate him, and they definitely preferred Trump to the alternatives they were presented with last election.
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Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
Yes that Trending sticky header on the top right of Facebook pages appears to be dedicated to publicizing each and every news item that was or is expected:
Anyhow, can anyone tell us exactly which fake news caused them to not vote for Hillary and instead vote for Trump? Was her private email SERVER fake news? Was her involvement in the ousting of the Egyptian and Libyan heads-of-state in 2011 fake news? Was it fake news that she read, from a prepared speech, that millions of Americans belonged in a basket of deplorables? Anyone ever wonder what a basket of deplorables (i.e., a place where you would put those persons you deem irredeemable) would look like?
In all seriousness:
Back in the day it was a free-for-all of lying, but in more recent history in democratic nations it's been the culture to avoid getting caught in a lie - so you get politicians who very carefully phrase what they say so they always have plausible deniability - they can say, "No, I didn't say that". And it's been newsworthy when they're presented with proof they did, and sometimes serious affected their careers.
Trump - starting with the inauguration crowd size (though you could also argue back to the birther stuff, I suppose) and not stopping since - doesn't seem to care at all, and will tell a lie with the proof it's a lie being held up in front of him, and then slander the person presenting the proof. It's a different order magnitude of political sleaze.
Faceobook is kind of like the collective hive mind of America
Facebook is a complex tool designed for psychological manipulation. Its entire purpose is to build profiles of individuals that can identify the levers that can be used to influence their opinions and then sell access to those levers. Considering it as a passive entity is woefully naive.
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In other words, they looked for the issues causing division in America, and hammered on them.
Which is NOT the same as "supporting Trump." And it's something that the Russians have been doing for decades, long before Trump came along. And they're still doing it, right now, here and in many countries around the world. But all liberals can say in order to explain away their terrible choice of a losing candidate is that somehow it was Trump working with the Russians on this. It's laughable.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
"What bias? Everything the main stream media said about him has proven true. Trump is a man child with no emotional control, prone to outbursts, ignorance and stupidity. He can't even get his own party under control long enough to pass laws. He has to go to democrats to get enough support to push his agenda"
"no emotional control" - Um, facts not in evidence. Please offer your specific examples.
"prone to outbursts" - Sounds like LBJ. Or Truman. Or Stonewall Jackson. Or Nixon.
"ignorance and stupidity" - Which are, apparently, qualifying characteristics to be President. Sorry, this ad hominem attack is merely that.
"get his own party under control" - This is a common misconception. Trump is not really a Republican, and the GOPe is still (from before the election) opposed to him. The Fake News cabal will try to make him a Republican because that would indeed be a problem, but a heads up here, he isn't, he merely registered and ran as affiliated with the GOP.
"He has to go to democrats to get enough support to push his agenda" - And finally we have an astute observation. It's been called 'compromise' in the past, and valued.
If you're mired in the illusion that the media is fair, or even objective, you're mired in an illusion. I do not expect you to be able to discern the fallacy of a functional mainstream press in America. It is no longer practicing journalism.
deleting the extra space after periods so i can stay relevant, yeah.
you do realize the media was trying to rig the election from the beginning right? There was no objective journalism. The hacked DNC email proved they colluded with the DNC to put Hillary into the front seat. They did the same for the Republicans after their first attempt at cherry-picking Jeb Bush fell flat on its face. The RNC voters were already sick of dynasties. When Jeb fizzled out they started helping Trump. It wasnt until AFTER he got the RNC nomination that they went on the attack. It was about manipulating the election in order to give the perceived choice that of Hillary (their cherry pick for president) and some no experience guy they thought didnt stand a chance even against someone as unlikeable as Hillary. Had this entire election been free of tampering and meddling, from both Russians AND the media, you would have had a COMPLETELY different result in both RNC and DNC nominated candidates. Stop letting the MSM off the hook. Honestly what the MSM did disgusts me more than the Russian tampering. At least in the case of Russia, its not our own people trying to fuck us over.
Not everyone who voted Trump is deplorable, but to be fair, everyone who was happy to be voting for Trump is.
Interesting how those who espouse to be all caring and not judgemental are the most judgemental of all.
Beware of Sales Reps bearing gifts.
Trump has failed at lots of things, but he also has got lots of other things done â" all of them bad for us,
Actually you are very much wrong on just about everything you said here. Trump hasn't really failed at anything but his timing on a lot of things. He has gotten a lot of good things done, and nothing really bad for us in any way. What I mean by US, I mean the USA. I honestly don't know where you are posting from. Might be Iran or NK for all I know. So, things Trump is doing might just be bad for you.
Once you pull the TDS blinders off and examine what Trump is doing for the USA, you will actually see is doing a pretty good job. He got a rocky start, made a lot of amateur mistakes, but now 8 months in he seems to be getting the hang of the job. He is still make a few amateur mistakes but seems to be correcting them.
Healthcare reform is happening, and it is happening at a pace that is should be. Illegal immigration has slowed, which is good. He handled the DACA issues perfectly by kicking it back into the hands of Congress where it belongs. He has scaled back his talk of a "big beautiful wall" since being elected. I imagine soon that will be quietly put down too. Employment numbers are going up, the economy is humming along just fine. And his handling of not 1 but 3 major natural disasters is nothing short of outstanding.
So you see, despite the gloom and doom SJW predicted of Trump none of it has really come to pass. We are doing just fine.
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.
To Trump, white supremacists are "some very fine people"
This crap is getting old too. Do you even know what a white supremacists is? Do you even have a clue what their agenda is, other than what huffypost has told you? I bet you really don't.
Why don't you educate yourself a little. White supremacists don't just hate people of color, they hate Jewish people more than they hate people of color. To their narrow minded view all evil springs from Jewish origins. Even black people.
Trump has a number of Jewish people in his family. His grandson is Jewish. He universally supports Israel. To a white supremacists that is worse than being black.
I read at +2. If your post doesn't reach that level I will not see or respond to it.