Thank you. We need to stop pretending that there is just a difference of opinion between some left and tightening folks - some of these people are getting their news from sites that publish outright bullshit.

Right.

Of course FB is manipulative and unethical. I don’t think they’ve ever really hid that part of their business model. I run the page of a non-profit and they’re constantly trying to draw more money out, be it by encouraging like farming or manipulating paid reach. FB is slimy as all get out, but what is anyone going to…

This is why “net neutrality” is a bigger issue than just cable companies and wireless providers. The same principle needs to be applied to any business that is a “common carrier” of ideas.

If it’s true, it’s not just the right wing that will be angry. People already feel Facebook is manipulative and unethical; this is just more fuel for the fire.

Hopefully folks get their news from multiple sources. Not just Facebook, or Gawker for that matter. But I suspect not.