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Did a Congressman really say we do not need satellites because we have the Weather Channel?

March 18, 2017 Edward MS

The 2017 social media meme: 2017 True Story: A Congressman was at a hearing for a request for funding for GOES satellites. He asked the scientist why do we need to spend money on satellites when you can turn on the weather channel and get the weather! TL;DR Summary This quote appears in 2000 and 2007 and 2011 and has nothing to do with events in 2017. As we will see, it appears several people who claim to have been…

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The perpetually outraged on social media are virtue signaling their personal goodness

March 1, 2017 Edward MS

As noted on our blog, many users turn social media into a platform for perpetual outage, with their outrage volume set to 11. Why do they do it? A research paper explains: Getting outraged on others’ behalf often isn’t about altruism but soothing personal guilt and asserting one’s status as a good person. Source: Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists In other words, the perpetually outraged think they are virtue signaling that they are better than others. And “When people…

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Bitter almonds were banned by the US government because they can treat cancer?

February 22, 2017 Edward MS

Bitter almonds are indeed a cure for cancer – they not all kill the cancer cells, they also kill the host (you!) when you eat them. Duh. 50 bitter almonds is a lethal dose – and they look identical to sweet almonds, which people can safely consume.

Confirmed – Facebook has shadow banned this web site

February 21, 2017 Edward MS

My Occupy Propaganda page on Facebook was shadow banned beginning about December 15th, 2016. Read on for the update – and confirmation. (This web site, when it started, was titled Occupy Propaganda, partly making fun of several “Occupy” political groups. I later changed the name to Social Panic. I discontinued cross publishing this web site to Facebook a few months after this shadow ban occurred.)

Oroville Dam emergency turns in to social media political propaganda opportunity

February 15, 2017 Edward MS

Just hours after a mass evacuation order was given, the emergency in Northern California turned social media into its usual outrage culture filled with political propaganda. This event has provided a real time illustration of the way that social media is collapsing in on itself. The first and third comments in this screen capture illustrate both sides: Water scientist Peter Gleick says he cannot tell which is worse: “gloating comments” on social media might be worse…

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35% of college admissions staff check college applicants’ public social media posts

February 10, 2017 Edward MS

New data from Kaplan Test Prep say admissions officers do look at accounts. Source: Colleges Really Are Looking at Your Social Media Accounts | Best Colleges | US News And what they find can improve admission chances – or rejection. The key takeaway: “College applicants need to be aware of what others can find about them on social networks and make sure it reflects well on them,” said Alpher. “For better or worse, social media has become an established factor…

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‘Can You Hear Me?’ Scam Warning is probably fake news

January 28, 2017 Edward MS

Dozens of news outlets reported on a purported scam wherein fraudsters supposedly falsify charges by randomly calling people and asking ‘Can you hear me?’ Source: ‘Can You Hear Me?’ Scam Warning CBS News prompted the latest round of this story. As Snopes notes, no one can identify an actual victim of the purported scam. Of course, it is a good idea to say as little as possible to telemarketers. However, it might not be a great idea to share the…

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False: Trump Administration deleted “Climate change”, “LGBTQ” from WhiteHouse.gov

January 21, 2017 Edward MS

TL;DR Summary The Daily Beast reported the Trump administration deleted references to “climate change”, “LGBTQ”, “health care” and “civil rights” and other topics from the whitehouse.gov web site. Fake news and “real” news web sites promoted the theory that these topics were deleted as part of an upcoming period of darkness under the Trump administration. My Twitter feed was absolutely filled with links to these stories. Reality: As part of the change in administrations, the U.S. National Archives archived the Obama record…

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Accurate quote, but the quote itself is false

January 15, 2017 Edward MS

TL;DR Summary Good, simple design, good eye contact, simple message, easily processed. Former President Bill Clinton really did say this in a speech in 2013. The Washington Post, however, says the claim is not true: Three Pinocchios. As a propaganda poster, this uses the “Appeal to Authority” method. The poster was shared on Facebook. I like the poster design – clean with a simple message. Bertrand Russell noted that facts are either true or false, and their truthfulness is independent…

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The Fairness Doctrine never applied to cable TV

January 12, 2017 Edward MS

TL;DR Summary A long time ago, there was a law known as the Fairness Doctrine that required over the air broadcast stations to give equal time to different perspectives, typically meaning left versus right on political topics. This rule applied only to over the air broadcasters and never applied to cable television “broadcasters” who do not use the over the air spectrum. This propaganda poster asserts that Fox News came about because Reagan vetoed a bill to re-instate the already…

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