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Old 09-17-2017, 06:16 AM  
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Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard View Post
It used to be called brain washing, "bombard someone with a particular idea until they believe it." These days its called targeted advertising...
QFT but the usual intent had been commercial -- this is a new, perhaps inevitable, trend ...

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A majority of U.S. adults ? 62% ? get news on social media, and 18% do so often, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center, conducted in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In 2012, based on a slightly different question, 49% of U.S. adults reported seeing news on social media.1
News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016 | Pew Research Center

Facebook's conundrum: To capture legitimate political advertising revenue while vetting its content for factuality -- reputation management.

FALSE NEWS!! will bite Trump back hard.
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