Nobody cares about privacy anymore. The mainstream media spreads around private conversations and emails..and people are getting fired over it. I can bet if I got the private emails from some key CNN reporters and spread it around on social media, their tune would change. I would actually like to see this.
I laugh when people in the mainstream media talk about how bad it is that the government is spying on us. Why does it even matter anymore? 1984 is here. It has nothing to do with the government and everything to do with social media.
It's so easy to spread lies around as fact on social media...and people believe it. Just look at all of the false information spread around during the Ferguson protests..which people still believe to this day.
Even Obama admit to swaying public opinion using social media and data mining.
Gawker in particular has really turned my stomach with their extreme dedication to exploring every possible facet of the leaked e-mails. Yes, they're a tabloid, but rumors and tips are one thing and stolen, personal communication is another.
I don't know how they would react if every e-mail sent or received by their mail server was made public and dissected. Maybe they would just laugh it off, but I'm sure there are a few they might prefer to hold on to.
Kind of. They periodically do despicable things (buying a stolen iPhone comes to mind), but there's enough of a lull inbetween that I sort of forget their true nature.
In my personal opinion, only io9 and Jalopnik aren't tarnished by the Gawker Media tabloid brush. Truly, I despise Gawker; ethics are just not a part of their corporate ethos, and for any company that purports to be made up of "journalists" that's just crap. That said, now places I used to rely on for news have fallen to the same level, so I suppose I'm just a bit bitter at this point.
Any president that did not sway public opinion using media would not be doing their job. Manipulation of the media is a basic tool for anyone in politics, including the good guys.
"Any president that did not sway public opinion using media would not be doing their job"
Right. Lying to get your point across
"Media is a tool."
The only tools are the people that believe the lies of our politicians...which seems to be a vast majority of the US population.
"including the good guys"
The problem is that people don't respond to good things. To win, you need to smear your opponent and destroy all credibility. Anybody who does this isn't a "good guy", which leads only to one conclusion..
I laugh when people in the mainstream media talk about how bad it is that the government is spying on us. Why does it even matter anymore? 1984 is here. It has nothing to do with the government and everything to do with social media.
It's so easy to spread lies around as fact on social media...and people believe it. Just look at all of the false information spread around during the Ferguson protests..which people still believe to this day.
Even Obama admit to swaying public opinion using social media and data mining.