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[–] Ruab 0 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago 

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[–] ShampocalypseWOW 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

It's cool dude, you live on voat now.

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[–] Malek 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

I like CNN. They understand that doing actual research is really hard and they know to go with the sexy story instead of the real story. Good Job CNN!

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[–] otterpop 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

This comment reminds me of the BREAKING HEADLINES: ISIS FLAG SPOTTED AT GAY PRIDE PARADE report they did which turned out to be a flag of dildos. Literally. CNN is great.

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[–] toohotformariokart 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Oh sweet Lord I wish I had seen this.

brb hunting the internet for dildo flags.

Edit: I must live under a rock

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[–] HITTINGOPRAHDAILY 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

I have no words to express how disappointed I am in the coverage of this. The media has completely missed the mark, again.

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[–] RagnorakTres 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

No they haven't. They've hit exactly the mark they want to. Aggregator sites and the Internet in general are a threat to their business model and the business model of their biggest contributors, so they take every single opportunity they can to associate "the Internet" with objectionable things. They want Reddit users vilified so that people who aren't personally invested will go "ew, I don't want to associate with those people, I shouldn't use those sites." We've all made a conscious decision to step away from Reddit for a variety of reasons (for me, I feel that it's recent direction is incompatible with the ideals of a free Internet), but we've made an informed decision. 24-hour news outlets like CNN and Fox and MSNBC want their users to make a gut reaction when they see the word "Reddit."

This is calculated. You don't get to be in a leadership position with any company by collecting bottlecaps, and these rich white dudes want nothing more than to be super-rich white dudes, so they vilify anything that might stand in their way. That's why I love the Internet, there is not (yet) a way to control what I see on it. There's a quote around here somewhere...“The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.” - Eric Schmidt

That scares the shit out of the upper echelon who got where they are by pushing everyone around them down. There was a time (I like to believe) when journalism was about ensuring that We The People could make informed decisions, but now it just seems to be about who can keep the ADD of We The People sated for long enough.

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[–] raymondgaf 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

'they' know exactly what they are doing. you've nailed it on the head.

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[–] hexydes 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Eh. The media is largely becoming irrelevant at this point. Nobody under the age of 35 cares what CNN says...if they're even watching at this point (which also is unlikely).

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[–] HITTINGOPRAHDAILY ago 

CNN is not the only media outlet expressing the story in this form. There have been multiple stories today alone, stating exactly the same bullshit CNN has.

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[–] cat_tail_moustache 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

I also learned that computer nerds hate Asians. Do you white ivory tower idiots have any clue how many Asians there are in in the Silicon Valley let alone the tech industry?? In the 90s if it wasn't for Asian women there would be no women in Silicon Valley because they actually take STEM classes. Of course you don't know because you are some liberal arts dip shit.

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[–] Ruab 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Everything has become a case of sexism or racism, nothing has to do with how people do their jobs.

You can just sue anyone for fucking anything nowadays, it's disgusting.

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[–] conundrumbombs 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I haven't seen this much journalistic masturbation since Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom.

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[–] ShampocalypseWOW 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Let's all get one thing straight: CNN is basically TMZ for general audiences. It's fucking garbage. It's not journalism. You can tell by the way this guy sets up this whole piece. "Message boards"? Reddit has no message boards, so this fucking liar obviously never even went on the site. He must think it's something like 4chan. And this dumb fucking woman? What a moron. She sits there and explains how Pao had no idea what she was doing and then still manages to blame sexism? Seriously? Nah, fuck those dipshits and anyone who thinks like them. Fucking SJW's... no shame.

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[–] hexydes 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm guessing "Message Boards" was probably something like individual posts on various subs? He probably went to the Reddit website (for the first time), clicked on a few things, and then called it "research complete". Not exactly Pulitzer material, to be sure.

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[–] rumathlete_1 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

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