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mosqueeto

@atomicpoet @mike @mmasnick
"Utility" vs "Publisher" : They are not intrinsically polar opposite roles. It's not binary. They are just two points in a many-dimensional space.

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Chris Trottier

@mosqueeto @mike @mmasnick Which is convenient for entities like Facebook that abuse their market dominant position to decimate local news.

And maybe I would grant that Facebook is just a utility if they were hands-off regarding how news displays on their sites.

But that's not the case. They're clearly editorializing and re-purposing news, for which they monetize for their own benefit.

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