> When you cannot trust the media any more because they are no longer one of the last checks on government overreach and influence
I'd argue you can't trust them because of the First Amendment. They have a lot of leeway to say whatever they want. Like with an individual, trust is either earned or theirs to lose.
> instead have a relationship where the government dictates to the media what they can and cannot report? That to me, is far more dangerous than surveillance.
It is very dangerous. Is this happening, though? I don't recall Biden calling for pulling news channels' permits. Did he revoke press corps passes?
>> It is very dangerous. Is this happening, though? I don't recall Biden calling for pulling news channels' permits. Did he revoke press corps passes?
So you don't remember the government going to social media platforms during Covid telling them they have to suppress information that contradicts the idea that if you get the vaccine you're 100% protected from getting or passing on the virus?
Or the 55 CIA agents who signed a letter stating the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation even though they knew it wasn't, and then directed the media to push this complete lie to the general public?
There are copious other examples, but you don't need to pull news channels permits or press passes. You just tell them what to report instead.
I went back to using my cell number for exactly this reason. My Google Voice number still works, but I don't want to risk it getting locked out for no reason.
I have stopped using Gmail, Google One, and Google Voice.
I still use photos, contacts, and calendar, but I frequently do takeouts of all those and can handle it if they die.
It's trouble I just don't need. But I'm guessing Google doesn't notice if a few of us leave, so why should they change?
I agree. I think Democrats should have let Trump win unopposed in 2020. Then he could have dealt with the global supply chain crisis, had inflation attached to his name, been a hero for getting it back down again, etc. And then he'd be gone.
At the very least we would have avoided this incredibly damaging narrative about the stolen election. And there's a chance that the country would be less polarized than it is now.
>I agree. I think Democrats should have let Trump win unopposed in 2020. Then he could have dealt with the global supply chain crisis, had inflation attached to his name, been a hero for getting it back down again, etc. And then he'd be gone.
Hindsight is 20/20. Also, wasn't the Democratic activist base thinking in 2020 that Trump getting elected would be the end of democracy? Good luck convincing them to stand down.
This was absolutely my take, as well. I was wondering if I was looking at some Tom's guide knockoff.
And I still don't trust ChatGPT with facts. I do use it as a starting point for research, but then I switched to [my preferred paid search engine] to verify and correct.
Moving an item to the trash in Android TB (IMAP) doesn't seem to actually move it on the server. Webmail still shows it in the inbox. I see it in the trash in Android, but it refuses to let me move it out of the trash there, saying, "Cannot copy or move a message that is not synchronized with the server". The synchronize button and restarting don't have an effect.
Is this a bug or do I have some misunderstanding about IMAP and a misconfiguration?
I'd argue you can't trust them because of the First Amendment. They have a lot of leeway to say whatever they want. Like with an individual, trust is either earned or theirs to lose.
> instead have a relationship where the government dictates to the media what they can and cannot report? That to me, is far more dangerous than surveillance.
It is very dangerous. Is this happening, though? I don't recall Biden calling for pulling news channels' permits. Did he revoke press corps passes?
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