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inanna (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:21 AM Original message |
Warning sounded on web's future |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. As much as I'm against restricting the net in ANY way, I support this |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Would you support it if owned by Rupert Murdoch? |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Doesn't have anything to do with blocking or shutting down sites... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Simple, Don't take the first thing you read as fact |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. ah yes.... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. People Believe What They Want to Believe |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Some even believe that everything that is learned the internet is lie |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Nope, sorry... Who will watch the watchers? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Who vets the vetters? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Ding ding ding... we have a winner! nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hard to disagree with this statement: |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The problem with the proposed "solution" |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. The web has brought more truth to news |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. we need someone to protect us because we aren't |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. What about websites about religion? |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I volunteer!!! |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. by definition |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Depends on who you talk to, I guess |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. WER SCREWMNED! NO FAKTS HEAR!!! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
46. TREW! YOUR WRITE. n/t |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
10. I agree with the diagnosis |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. Interesting, from same article: |
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trthnd4jstc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. There are some firms that do work to fact check information. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. Issac Asimov called |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
18. Mr. Berners-Lee is totally correct, sadly. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. The question is who will filter the BS? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. Actually, here at DU, we've proven time and time again that we *CAN'T* do our own filtering. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Those nuts in Health, posting BS like : "NewScientist: Research funded by drug companies biased" |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. Fear of Crowds |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. The people who pull the strings can't handle the truth. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. What??? Who decides what is "trustworthy"? Sorry, NO. |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. lol- Come and vet my website that is all personal essays! Bring it on! lol nt |
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Nambe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. Fox News - The President - My Lawyer-----Trustworthy |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Exactly: a variety of sources & cross-references for little money. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
25. And Why Should We Trust the Entity Doing the "Vetting"? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Exactly! This is the FIRST democratically oriented venue and the Power Elite are going to ruin it. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. No thank you. I have Snopes, Fact Check and others to investigate rumors. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. Tin Berners-Lee is actually a Space Alien |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. Maybe critical thinking will have a comeback as a result |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
31. What about Cable Television? |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. They say this Sir Tim guy is totally full of shit. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. And, the words of JFK |
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Buenaventura (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. hey, trust him - he's a peer of the realm! oh, and about those WMDs ... |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. DIY journalism: the whole point |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
40. Who'll do the vetting? Gov't's been captured, corps are fraudsters. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
43. the net deconstructs the argument about elites and information |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 03:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. who do you think runs the universities, etc.? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. The key is critical thinking skills... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. sure, ideally. but in point of fact, they've always been run by elites. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Precisely. (nt) |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yes. Not telling people WHAT to think, but HOW to think and evaluate for themselves |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-16-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
44. What a great idea! Let's start with Seals of Approval for politicians and TV stations! |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
53. Very poor choice of headline by the BBC |
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