and so the dark, murky, strange and indeed questionable world of "facebook news feeds", look you see. this is something which is forever in the news. quite understandable, really - complaints shall always come, for there is always someone who will disagree with what information they are being given.
sadly the phenomenon of "fake news" has been ludicrously misunderstood by the masses. for some reason it has become quite trendy to dismiss any news that displeases you, or that you disagree with, as "fake news". that is not how it works. just because you don't like something does not make it a falsehood. but yeah, it is easier to dismiss it under that premise, isn't it?
of more interest to me is how, exactly, facebook elect to show the news they do. observe the above, a rare glimpse of my profile. note the "trending" section. yes, that's right - all American stories, and virtually all of domestic American in content. which is to say of no relevance whatsoever to me and my life in England.
there is a bizarre and worrying trend here in England to give prominence to domestic American news and current affairs. not so long ago the BBC gave a significant percentage of a 3 minute news radio bulletin to news of a riot in some prison there, somewhere, commenting that it was "the worst riot" in however many years. erm, yeah, so? what's that got to do with me? why would i, within Yorkshire, have any interest in this?
sure, there is some international interest in whoever our friends in America elect, say, President, but not all that much. their entire system is set up, or if you will rigged, to maintain a very steady status quo.
no idea why that "facebook" thing is trying to influence me to be interested in these particular "trending" news stories. other than giving me something to post here, however, safe to say they have failed.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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