Got banned from a subreddit for linking to a news article from a local paper

I was trying to show a debate thread about facial recognition laws in public parks, and I linked to a story from a small paper in Portland, Oregon. The mod hit me with a ban saying the source wasn't allowed because it was "state-run media" even though it's a privately owned weekly. Why do some forums treat any news outlet outside the big 3 like propaganda?

2 comments

2 Comments

felix15525d ago

Get that mod's logic twisted. A small privately owned paper in Portland is about as far from state-run media as you can get, they're usually scraping by on ads and subscriptions. Sounds like the mod just lumped anything outside the big outlets into a "not trusted" box without actually checking what the paper is or who owns it.

ryang6525d ago

Felix155 nailed it, people just slap labels on anything smaller than CNN these days without a second thought.