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denphone

21-01-2018 19:00

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35933355)

There is no attempt to control the media here, just to correct untrue stories as far as I can see.

Political parties need to correct their own falsehoods before they start preaching to the media..

OLD BOY

21-01-2018 19:01

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35933356)

Political parties need to correct their own falsehoods before they start preaching to the media..

No preaching here, Den, they are just joining the scrum!

Osem	21-01-2018 19:12

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

Social media is full of fake news and the political parties/activists who exploit it know full well what they're doing. They publish/propagate lies and untruths knowing full well that they'll spread rapidly and be believed by the gullible. Nobody has to be exposed to the Daily Mail or Guardian but social media is invasive IMHO.

Damien

21-01-2018 20:15

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35933355)

There is no attempt to control the media here, just to correct untrue stories as far as I can see.

Yeah but the Government might well decide a lot of negative stories are 'untrue'.....

OLD BOY

21-01-2018 20:18

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35933365)

Yeah but the Government might well decide a lot of negative stories are 'untrue'.....

As if, Damien!

Damien

21-01-2018 20:28

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35933367)

As if, Damien!

Let's say Corbyn won the next election. Would you want him and momentum deciding what is fake news?

OLD BOY

21-01-2018 21:40

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35933370)

Let's say Corbyn won the next election. Would you want him and momentum deciding what is fake news?

At present, Momentum have been very successful in the use of social media to propagate their views. All that is proposed here is that the Conservatives take them on at their own game.

Damien

21-01-2018 21:59

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35933375)

At present, Momentum have been very successful in the use of social media to propagate their views. All that is proposed here is that the Conservatives take them on at their own game.

No it isn't. This isn't about the Conservatives doing their own social media campaigns. It's the government doing 'something' about fake news.

TheDaddy

22-01-2018 07:44

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by v0id (Post 35933325)

Getting rid of fake news? I bet rupert murdoch is crapping himself :D

Does he still do news, thought it was all tits and celebrities these days, with a bit of football thrown in for good measure

OLD BOY

22-01-2018 08:34

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35933376)

No it isn't. This isn't about the Conservatives doing their own social media campaigns. It's the government doing 'something' about fake news.

Yes, correcting it when it appears. However, we will have to wait for the full details before we know how far this will go. There is no suggestion, however, that they are attempting to 'control the media'. Any such attempt, inevitably, will fail.

Maggy

22-01-2018 09:45

Re: UK Government to launch Fake News Rapid Response Unit

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35933394)

Of course it will. The Leveson Inquiry proved that the press and politicians have a far too close a relationship because we still don't have a really independent press oversight body and the second half of the Leveson inquiry got kicked into the long grass. They aren't going to upset the owners of media outlets that donate to the Tory or Labour parties.

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