Comments on: Saturday’s debate plugged on Facebook http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/02/saturdays-debate-plugged-on-facebook/ Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:35:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bogopolis http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/02/saturdays-debate-plugged-on-facebook/#comment-657277 Bogopolis Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:43:44 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/02/saturdays-debate-plugged-on-facebook/#comment-657277 Is it me or is it odd that the politics page on Facebook is 'sponsored' by a single media outlet (linked included in post header)? Using this theory - what could stop a political action group, under the guise of a 'media' outlet from sponsoring their own similar page, but labeled with a generic name - thus leading to potential bias? I'm all for getting 'our' generation engaged, but is it right to have a feature like this sponsored by a 'potentially biased' media outlet? (I use 'potentially biased' because most in my age group [the core FaceBook demographic] is very cautious against established media...). Is it me or is it odd that the politics page on Facebook is ’sponsored’ by a single media outlet (linked included in post header)? Using this theory - what could stop a political action group, under the guise of a ‘media’ outlet from sponsoring their own similar page, but labeled with a generic name - thus leading to potential bias?

I’m all for getting ‘our’ generation engaged, but is it right to have a feature like this sponsored by a ‘potentially biased’ media outlet? (I use ‘potentially biased’ because most in my age group [the core FaceBook demographic] is very cautious against established media…).

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