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Cerebralbore101 said:
Aeolus451 said: 

 

Whether or not something is propaganda is objective though.

Does a news outlet continually make arguments in favor of one candidate and against another?

Does a news outlet give equal time to both sides?

Does a news outlet offer up opinions (socialism is good/bad) instead of facts (socialism would cost many/few dollars, according to the CBO).


May I ask what should then be done with that "propaganda"? Because it would be absolutely horrible if we were to censor news outlets because they favour socialism or are pro Trump or whatever. You can't label an outlet fake news because it has certain political views. In the US elections most media outlets had lots of negative Trump reports and clearly favoured Clinton - is that propaganda already? Or many outlets saying "Clinton has a 99% chance to win the election", is that fake news already?

I think it's really hard to justify censorship in any way. No matter what gets censored it always helps a certain political cause. Censor socialist outlets and you help the conservatives. Censor Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball and you help the feminists. Censor anti-climate propaganda and you help the green parties. Thus, everyone will want to label something they dislike "Fake News".