Umthombo: The Intercept
Ipolitiki ekuseni uhlelo oluthi “Rising,” olukhiqizwe i-The Hill futhi engilubambe ngokuhlanganyela nalo, lumiswe yi-YouTube ngoLwesine ngezinsolo zokwephula imithetho yenkundla mayelana nolwazi olungalungile lokhetho. Kucashunwe ukwephulwa komthetho okubili: Okokuqala, isitolo sithumele ividiyo ephelele yenkulumo yakamuva kaMongameli wangaphambili uDonald Trump eNgqungqutheleni Yezombangazwe Yezombangazwe ekhasini layo. Inkulumo, yebo, yayigcwele ubuhlanya. Okwesibili, i-“Rising” idlale isiqeshana esincane sokuphawula kukaTrump mayelana nokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, okuhlanganisa nesimangalo sokuthi bekungeke kwenzeke lutho ukube bekungengenxa “yokhetho oluyizimbangi.”
“Njengomuntu waseMelika, iyangicasula futhi ingiphatha kabi, futhi konke kwenzeke ngenxa yokhetho oluguquguqukayo. Lokhu bekungeke kwenzeke, ”kusho uTrump esiqeshaneni. ongayibuka lapha.
Ubugebengu, esitholile, obudale ukuthi lo mdlalo umiswe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa epulatifomu yawo ukuthi mina noma engisebenzisana naye, uRobby Soave, asizange sime ukuze sazise ababukeli bethu ukuthi inkulumo kaTrump - "ukhetho olukhohlisayo" - ibhekisele ekuqhubekeni kwakhe. bathi ukhetho lwebiwa kuye ngo-2020 nokuthi lesi simangalo singamanga.
Sizihlolisisile izimangalo zikaTrump. Kanye nesivakashi, u-Emily Jashinsky we-Federalist, sixoxe ngenkolelo-mbono entandwe nguzakwethu we-Intercept uMurtaza Hussain yokuthi uTrump “uhlanya” olunjalo “lokungabikezeli okunolaka” kangangokuthi mhlawumbe lokho kungazinzi kube nomthelela othile ovimbelayo.
Kamuva esigabeni, sixoxe ngokungabi namdlandla kommeli wesifunda saseNew York ngokushushisa uTrump ngokukhwabanisa kwebhange. Ngaphikisana ngokuthi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini umphumela, “Uma ubuza umphakathi, ucabanga ukuthi uDonald Trump ubengakhuphula amanani empahla yakhe lapho ezama ukubolekwa imali futhi ehlehlise amanani ezakhiwo zakhe lapho ekhokha izintela zakhe, cishe uzothola amaphesenti ayi-100 abantu njengokuthi, yebo,” ngasikisela.
Umbono wokuthi noma yisiphi isibukeli sasuka ekubukeni leso sigaba sinombono oyiphutha wokuthi uTrump - esimchaze njengomkhohlisi "nohlanya lwangempela" - wayelunqobile ukhetho futhi nokuthi lwebiwe kuye angeke uthathwe ngokungathi sína. . Kungamampunge, futhi i-The Hill iyasiphikisa isinqumo, kuze kube manje asiphumelelanga. Kodwa indlela ye-YouTube ibonisa inkinga ebanzi ngendlela ye-Big Tech yokucwaninga: ayinalutho ngaphandle kokwedelela isibukeli. Ukube besike sithi ukuma kancane saqaphela ukuthi ukukhononda kukaTrump ngokulahlekelwa kwakhe okhethweni kwakungenasisekelo, yimuphi umvoti owayekholelwa phambilini ukuthi leso simangalo uzokholiswa ukwenqaba kwami nje? Futhi ngubani owayezoqala ngaye owayengazi ngaphambili ukuthi uTrump uyaphikisana nomphumela wokhetho? Kungenzeka kube iqiniso lezepolitiki elaziwa kakhulu eMelika.
Ukususa inkundla noma yikuphi okushiwo "ngokhetho olugobile" akenzi lutho ukwehlisa ithiyori. Njengoba i-YouTube nezinye izinkundla zephula umbhedo wokukhwabanisa okhethweni lukaTrump ngasekupheleni kuka-2020, inkolelo yokuthi ukhetho lwalukokoteliwe ikhule kuphela, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwamaRiphabhulikhi. Futhi inqubomgomo empeleni ivimbe impendulo ephusile. Njengoba uSoave esho ngesizathu, "I-YouTube ayigcini nje ngokujezisa iziteshi ezisabalalisa ulwazi olungamanga, kodwa ezimweni eziningi, iphinde ijezise iziteshi ezibika ngokusabalala kolwazi olungamanga."
Ngonyaka odlule i-YouTube yehle kakhulu ku-a inqwaba yabadali bokuqukethwe okuqhubekayo owayekhulume ngezimangalo zikaTrump ukuze aziphendule. Inkampani ezimele i-Status Coup, eyathwebula ezinye zezithombe eziveza umbhikisho wangoJanuwari 6 eCapitol - umthwebuli wezithombe uJon Farina unikeze isimangalo. inhlolokhono ku-podcast yethu Yakhiwe ngalobo busuku - ilayisensi eningi yaleyo vidiyo kukhebula nezitolo zezindaba zenethiwekhi kodwa wamiswa ngokuyithumela esiteshini sayo. Ukumboza umcimbi, i-Status Coup yatshelwa, ifana "nokuthuthukisa izimangalo ezingamanga zokukhwabanisa okhethweni." Ngakho-ke abanxele abazange bavunyelwe ukukhuluma nhlobo ku-YouTube - umthombo omkhulu wezindaba ikakhulukazi kubantu abasha - mayelana nokhetho noma mayelana nokuhlaselwa kwangoJanuwari 6, kuyilapho ilungelo selidlulele kwezinye izimiso zemvelo.
I-YouTube idale ukungcola manje ethi izinqubomgomo zayo ezintsha zihloselwe ukuyihlanza.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, izitolo zezindaba ezithumela futhi zithole ukudla okungavuthiwe kwemicimbi yezepolitiki, njenge-C-SPAN, zibalulekile kimi njengentatheli. Kudala ngaphambi kokuthi ngibambe iqhaza elithi “Rising,” ngathola ukuthunyelwa okugcwele kwezinkulumo nezingqungquthela zabezindaba ze-The Hill kuwusizo kakhulu. Ukuthi i-YouTube ifuna ukukuqeda lokho ukuze kuphephiswe izingqondo ezintekenteke emazwini aqondile osopolitiki kuyinhlekelele emphakathini, kwezobuntatheli, nakusomlando bakusasa. (Ngemithetho yayo, kufanele isuse isiteshi se-C-SPAN, kodwa lokho cishe kuwubulima naku-YouTube. Noma mhlawumbe akunjalo.)
Ukulungiswa kwe-YouTube nakho kunobuzenzisi obumangalisayo. Ngokwezinga elibaluleke kakhulu, i-YouTube idale ukungcola manje ethi izinqubomgomo zayo ezintsha zihloselwe ukuyihlanza. Ezinsukwini zokuqala zeplathifomu, i-YouTube yenza konke okusemandleni ukujabulisa ababukeli ukuthi "Inguquko Ekhululiwe," ifilimu iphikisa ngokuthi u-9/11 bekungumsebenzi wangaphakathi, osiza ukuwenza ube nethonya elimangalisayo. Udoti wozungu - emithini yokugomela i-Covid-19, i-Davos, i-flat Earth - ithandwa okuqukethwe yi-YouTube kuze kube yilolu suku, ngoba ibandakanya ababukeli amahora amaningi. Indlela enokwethenjelwa kakhulu yokuheha ababukeli esikhaleni sezepolitiki ngonyaka odlule kube wukudlala i-footsie ngazo zonke izinhlobo zetulo elihlobene nokugoma, futhi ukudonswa kwe-algorithm kudonse inqwaba yabahlaziyi ku-maw yayo.
I-YouTube yenza sengathi ayikuthandi lokhu, futhi inemithetho ngakho, nokho ihlela isimiso sayo ukuze ikhuthaze abantu ukuthi banyakaze baze bafinyelele kulowo mugqa - kodwa ayitsheli abadali ukuthi ukuphi ngempela lowo mugqa - futhi uma umuntu eweqa, bashaywe nge-sniper round evela kumongameli. Isidumbu siba yisixwayiso kwabanye ababungazi - kodwa isixwayiso sani? Ukuthi ubani ophethe.
Ukulinganisela kunengqondo njengesimiso. Uma i-YouTube ingafuni, ake sithi, izithombe zocansi kusayithi yayo, akekho onelungelo ngokomthethosisekelo lokuthumela ezocansi lapho. Uma i-YouTube yayinentshisekelo ohlotsheni oluthile lokulinganisela olwaluhloselwe ukudikibalisa amanga aluhlaza ekutholeni ukuthuthukiswa kwe-algorithm — futhi lokho ukhiye; futhi, kuxoxwa ngayo njengenkulumo-mpikiswano yenkulumo emnyama nemhlophe, kodwa ikakhulukazi imayelana nokukhuthaza nokucindezelwa - kunezindlela engakwenza lokhu. Kodwa akunjalo.
I-YouTube ngokusobala iyehluleka emgomweni wayo oshiwo wokukhiqiza okuqukethwe okuthembekile, okunembile, nokwaziswa, kodwa hhayi ngoba ingazi ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani. Ayazi ukuthi kwenziwa kanjani futhi andise inzuzo - konke lokhu okuwubufakazi obengeziwe bokuthi izinqumo zayo zokumodareyitha ezigqamile zonke zihambisana nepolitiki ukuze kugwenywe ingcindezi yokulawula. I-YouTube kudala ifuna izinto ezingasile, ngoba yilokho okukhokha izikweletu, futhi ngenxa yalokho ibambe iqhaza ekwenziweni okuhlanyayo kwepolitiki yethu.
Manje sengithola umqondo - futhi nge-algorithm engacacile, yilokho kuphela ongaba nakho - ukuthi i-YouTube isiqedile ngokuqukethwe kwezepolitiki. Kuyinkinga kakhulu kunalokho okufanele. Inkundla egqugquzelwa abadlali bamageyimu namavidiyo asabelayo mancane amathuba okuthi iqhubekisele phambili ukuphangwa kwe-Capitol - futhi mancane amathuba okuthi ikhiqize ukukhathazeka kwangempela, ukuphuma kokukhangisa kwezinkampani - futhi ikwazi ukuletha imali. Inhlangano elandelanayo isivele yamukele leli qiniso futhi manje yakha izinkundla zamavidiyo eziyimbangi ukuze isingathe okuqukethwe kwayo, iqhubekisele phambili ipolitiki ehlukanisayo. Kwesokunxele, nokho, akunalo uhlelo oluyisipele olungathi sína, lubiza kuphela i-Big Tech ukuthi “yenze okwengeziwe.”
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