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Old 04-18-2017, 11:51 AM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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They are not.

In more than one way.

Ever hear of Google Fiber?
Net Neutrality?
Google maps street view and topoco, is joint with the gov.
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Old 04-18-2017, 01:03 PM
 
Location: DC
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In more than one way.

Ever hear of Google Fiber?
Net Neutrality?
Google maps street view and topoco, is joint with the gov.
Google fiber .. An ISP like many others.
Net Neutrality .. A legal philosophy promoted by the FCC. A regulation on businesses.
Google Maps... private sector service offered by Google.

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Old 04-18-2017, 01:06 PM
 
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Google is a Private Public Partnership. They are not private solely.
Only Conservative alt-media is being censored.
Well you guys on the alt-right are always light years ahead of us snowflakes. Can't one of you figure out how to start your own search engine and browser and really stick it to the man? Resist!
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Old 04-18-2017, 01:09 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Google fiber .. An ISP like many others.
Net Neutrality .. A legal philosophy promoted by the FCC. A regulation on businesses.
Google Maps... private sector service offered by Google.

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All private public partnership....

I provided many links and you can "google" it yourself(pun intended)
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Old 04-18-2017, 01:17 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Well you guys on the alt-right are always light years ahead of us snowflakes. Can't one of you figure out how to start your own search engine and browser and really stick it to the man? Resist!

Research: Standard Oil.
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Old 04-18-2017, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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Lol! More Alex Jones nonsense. He is the literal, and real, definition of fake news
Jones is presently attempting to defend himself in a huge civil lawsuit with damages in the millions of dollars being sought. He is claiming Alex Jones is a fictional character he plays in 'performance art', and not to be taken literally. That the real Alex Jones is nothing like the person he portrays on TV.

That makes his show nothing but entertainment that must not be taken any more seriously than any scripted comedy show or weekly drama series. Nothing is true, it's all fiction, so it must be viewed as such.

That's Jone's strategy, anyhow. His problem is he's never actually done anything to indicate that the Alex Jones everyone sees is different than the Alex Jones none of us sees.

All actors who create well known characters always make some distinction in their speech and actions to show the character they portray is only a fictional character, not them in real life.

Viewers all knew Archie Bunker was not Carol O'Conner in real life. Archie was just a role O'Connor played. O'Conner made sure everyone who ever watched the show knew that. (this is an example. There are many others.)

So Jones has a real quandary on his hands. If his strategy works, his viewers all look like idiots for taking him seriously. If it fails, it will cost him very seriously big money.
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Old 04-18-2017, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Looking like idiots has not seemed to bother Alex Jones's followers so what is the problem?
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Old 04-18-2017, 02:10 PM
 
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Jones is presently attempting to defend himself in a huge civil lawsuit with damages in the millions of dollars being sought. He is claiming Alex Jones is a fictional character he plays in 'performance art', and not to be taken literally. That the real Alex Jones is nothing like the person he portrays on TV.

That makes his show nothing but entertainment that must not be taken any more seriously than any scripted comedy show or weekly drama series. Nothing is true, it's all fiction, so it must be viewed as such.

That's Jone's strategy, anyhow. His problem is he's never actually done anything to indicate that the Alex Jones everyone sees is different than the Alex Jones none of us sees.

All actors who create well known characters always make some distinction in their speech and actions to show the character they portray is only a fictional character, not them in real life.

Viewers all knew Archie Bunker was not Carol O'Conner in real life. Archie was just a role O'Connor played. O'Conner made sure everyone who ever watched the show knew that. (this is an example. There are many others.)

So Jones has a real quandary on his hands. If his strategy works, his viewers all look like idiots for taking him seriously. If it fails, it will cost him very seriously big money.
Talk about being between a rock and a hard place. Will his biggest cheerleaders on CD stop taking him seriously if and when he admits he's just entertainment? And he is. I listened to him for 3 years and I finally learned he's just putting up an act. If I wanted scripted news, I'd have rather watched Jon Stewart back then. Limbaugh is more tolerable than Jones.
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Old 04-18-2017, 02:15 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Originally Posted by banjomike View Post
Jones is presently attempting to defend himself in a huge civil lawsuit with damages in the millions of dollars being sought. He is claiming Alex Jones is a fictional character he plays in 'performance art', and not to be taken literally. That the real Alex Jones is nothing like the person he portrays on TV.

That makes his show nothing but entertainment that must not be taken any more seriously than any scripted comedy show or weekly drama series. Nothing is true, it's all fiction, so it must be viewed as such.

That's Jone's strategy, anyhow. His problem is he's never actually done anything to indicate that the Alex Jones everyone sees is different than the Alex Jones none of us sees.

All actors who create well known characters always make some distinction in their speech and actions to show the character they portray is only a fictional character, not them in real life.

Viewers all knew Archie Bunker was not Carol O'Conner in real life. Archie was just a role O'Connor played. O'Conner made sure everyone who ever watched the show knew that. (this is an example. There are many others.)

So Jones has a real quandary on his hands. If his strategy works, his viewers all look like idiots for taking him seriously. If it fails, it will cost him very seriously big money.

Satire & Humor to make the reporting a little more entertaining and it is taken literally by the MSM to discredit the guy.
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Old 04-18-2017, 02:25 PM
 
Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Only Conservative alt-media is being censored.
Who says all the news is bad?
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