CNN Bemoans Facebook's 'Growing Power To Shape The News'

CNN really took a hard right turn into Fox territory yesterday when they decided to present this latest non-issue as an actual matter of importance. Reliable Sources host, Brian Stelter began the segment in a fairly dramatic manner.

STELTER: Facebook is the single biggest source of traffic for many sites. Sites either thrive or wither away because of Facebook. That's why this next story is so concerning.

You'd think this was a major source of grief for many who rely on the Facebook App to promote their ideas and business. However, it's basically the opinion of some anonymous ex FB workers who posted their opinion on the tech blog, Gizmodo. The only thing missing from this segment was the suspenseful, horror story theme backing up the whole idiotic premise.

STELTER: The blog cited anonymous former Facebook workers who said that trending topics box, that's the box in upper right hand corner of the screen on Facebook, that box was sometimes manipulated to suppress conservative news stories and inject other subjects, like for example, Black Lives Matter protest news into the box.

As we all know, GOP Congress is pissed because of the alleged suppression of right-slanted stories from a corporation. Remember, Facebook is not part of the federal government. That's awfully reminiscent of too much regulation and government imposition, isn't it, GOP? Stelter briefly visits those who defend Facebook and deny this.

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