{"id":26388,"date":"2018-06-08T06:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T10:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=26388"},"modified":"2019-09-06T05:18:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T09:18:05","slug":"apple-wants-to-control-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=26388","title":{"rendered":"Apple wants to control the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. Once upon a time, there was a small computer company called Apple. They wanted to bring information to \u201cThe Masses.\u201d They designed a new computer and called it \u201cThe Macintosh\u201d and said \u201cIt is good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/96\/b0\/5e\/96b05e2e736b04f5184aa80d0d40f3f4.jpg?resize=247%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"247\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When Apple announced the Mac, way back in the early days of computing, they released a commercial that won rave reviews. The commercial was meant to show that Apple computers equaled freedom of thought and expression.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer (HD)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2zfqw8nhUwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the years that followed, Apple, under Steve Jobs, developed an almost cult like group of followers. Whenever Apple released a new product, you would see lines from the Apple store going around the block.<\/p>\n<p>There was just one small problem. Rather then being free and open, Apple, especially under Steve Jobs, made Stalin\u2019s USSR look like a free nation. Apple was relentless in suppressing anything that smacked of freedom. When Steve Jobs came back to Apple, he promptly shut down all the manufacturers that were making clones of their products. (Under license)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21766\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg?resize=500%2C282&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Evil-Grin.jpg?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since Jobs croaked, the new management has continued in his totalitarian ways of thinking, moving to suppress anything that they determined was \u201cBad thought.\u201d Now, Apple wants to decide what news stories you will be allowed to see. Here are the details from the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190709191914\/https:\/\/ntknetwork.com\/apple-were-going-to-pick-the-news-stories-you-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>NTK Network<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Apple\u2019s Vice President of Product Marketing Susan Prescott made an alarming announcement that Apple would be selecting the top news stories that appear in Apple News during the company\u2019s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. According to Prescott, Apple News\u2019 editorial team will be selecting the top news stories of the day for millions of potential readers. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201c<b>News is a personalized feed where you can see all the stories you want to read, pulled together from trusted sources, and our top stories are handpicked by the Apple News editorial team,\u201d Prescott said. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Prescott did not say what the criteria would be for Apple News to consider a source \u201ctrusted,\u201d but conservatives will find this announcement particularly alarming. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17187\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious-300x182.jpg?resize=300%2C182\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/captain_obvious.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple is run by hard left crony capitalists. They are typical of the \u201cProgressive Elites\u201d and with a few differences in outlook, fit right in with the old Robber Barons of the lat 19<sup>th<\/sup> and early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. Like them, the Ultra-rich progressives running the various tech companies think they know what\u2019s best, and that dissent must be suppressed. They very idea that Apple is even considering this, never mind actually putting it in place should be worrying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Last year, Apple announced that it hired to head Apple News <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190428132559\/https:\/\/ntknetwork.com\/apple-hires-editor-of-liberal-new-york-magazine-for-apple-news\/\">Lauren Kern, <\/a>who previously served as executive editor for the liberal <\/b><i><b>New York Magazine<\/b><\/i><b>. <\/b><b>Apple\u2019s hiring of Kern raised questions about the Cupertino-based company\u2019s impartiality when it comes to news.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oh there is no question at all regarding their impartiality. They aren\u2019t impartial. What people will see in their news feeds will be nothing more, or less, then hardcore left-wing pro-Democrat, Progressives propaganda. It certainly won\u2019t be news and information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190531051353\/https:\/\/ntknetwork.com\/this-is-what-apple-news-thought-thursdays-top-story-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last August, Apple News<\/a> was criticized for selecting anti-Trump stories as its top news story of the day. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trump-oh-look.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trump-oh-look-300x150.png?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trump-oh-look.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trump-oh-look.png?resize=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trump-oh-look.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, as we can see, they learned nothing. This is the problem with companies that are sitting on close to $1 trillion in assets and cash. They want to spend it to make the world a better place&#8230;for themselves and those who think like them. Anyone else? They will crush them and send them to \u201cSpecial places to be trained in \u201cRight Think\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The way a proper news feed works is, they put everything up and the end user can select what they want to see first. For a die hard Never Trumper who thinks that the Antifa Fascists are doing the right thing, they will want news tailored for their echo chamber.<\/p>\n<p>For someone like me, who likes President Trump and what he\u2019s trying to do, and leans towards what some call, \u201cConservative,\u201d (Actually, I\u2019m the founding member of the \u201cLeave me the Hell alone!\u201d party), I tend towards other news sources. That doesn\u2019t mean I live in an echo chamber, which is where most of the Progressive Elites and their <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><i>subjects<\/i><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><i>minions<\/i><\/span> followers live.<\/p>\n<p>You will see me quoting articles, (And fisking them), from sources such as the New York Slimes, the Washington ComPost and the Los Angeles fishwrap. (That would be the NY Times, the Washington Post and the LA Times), As you can see, I hold a rather low opinion of their product, but I do read it when something pops up)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/cf\/14\/de\/cf14dea9b6dbcb2fbc4d8bf61bfde4d3.jpg?resize=304%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"304\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the opposite of what a True Believer in the Progressive CommuNazi way of doing things does. They won\u2019t even look at any idea that doesn\u2019t match their own, and if something comes along that blows a hole in their view of things, they get insulting and threatening. Listening and discussing different viewpoints is something they are philosophically incapable of.<\/p>\n<p>The best thing Apple could do is to drop the whole idea. They won\u2019t of course since THEY know what\u2019s best for people and they will be happy to tell you what to do, what to read and what to think. The 1984 commercial that Apple created decades ago? Back then, they thought of themselves as the woman with the hammer. Today, they are the guy on the screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1984-Big-Brother-Poster.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4883\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1984-Big-Brother-Poster-210x300.jpg?resize=210%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1984-Big-Brother-Poster.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1984-Big-Brother-Poster.jpg?resize=105%2C150&amp;ssl=1 105w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1984-Big-Brother-Poster.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thatisall<\/p>\n<span id=\"post-ratings-26388\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"f83ba22652\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_26388_1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(26388, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_26388_2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(26388, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_26388_3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(26388, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_26388_4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(26388, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_26388_5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(26388, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (<strong>2<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>5.00<\/strong> out of 5)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_26388_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-26388-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. Once upon a time, there was a small computer company called Apple. They wanted to bring information to \u201cThe Masses.\u201d They designed a new computer and called it \u201cThe Macintosh\u201d and said \u201cIt is good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37,100,71,8,315,57,219,35],"tags":[127,12,222,17,377,90,101,8,21,23,24,27],"class_list":["post-26388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty-politics","category-moonbat","category-news-of-the-day","category-politics","category-precious-snowflakes","category-technology","category-the-good-idea-fairy","category-tyranny","tag-fascism","tag-freedom","tag-good-idea-fairy","tag-liberty","tag-maga","tag-moonbattery","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-scams","tag-slavery","tag-socialism","tag-totalitarianism"],"views":590,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26762,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=26762","url_meta":{"origin":26388,"position":0},"title":"Senator Murphy, Unfit to hold office","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"August 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. 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