Given the amount of coverage I do on Facebook, I’m frankly surprised I missed this.
Back in July, the Western Center for Journalism reported that the New York Times tweeted a picture of a fairly creepy, Soviet-style poster of Hillary Clinton in the Washington, D.C., Facebook office:
Political campaigns are using new tools provided by @facebook to reach voters more efficiently http://t.co/Vm4OYzZKLj pic.twitter.com/TbYXW1Ajux
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 29, 2015
According to Melody Dareing, the poster “demonstrates just how important the Clinton campaign thinks social media is going to be in the 2016 presidential election…”
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
It says something else to me, however. Why would the social media giant have something like this in their office unless they support Clinton?
Of course, they have a right to support whichever candidate they want, but it would appear to undermine any claim of objectivity they might make…
One person asked:
https://twitter.com/RandomHero30/status/626364164613742592
Good question. Another person added:
https://twitter.com/BroSteveWinter/status/627501914813542400
Winter, by the way, has been documenting Facebook’s madness for quite some time. You can see his blog here.
https://twitter.com/ctemp153/status/627522094713208832
https://twitter.com/JoeAcosta/status/626788359185281028
Actually, it’s quite believable. What’s more, the Times article never mentions the poster.
Wonder why…
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