Talk:Rob Kall

possible videos to add to this page
As the subject of the page it is not appropriate for me to add these, but a wikipedian might deem them appropriate

I have a conflict of interest here so I can't post these myself, but they might be appropriate additions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj--jviwddw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk7kA-YEYJU

Robkall (talk) 17:21, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Is Kall a huckster?
Oped News started in 2003. It appeared to be antiwar or liberal or progressive. Similar to dozens of other antiwar or liberal or progressive sappearing websites. The Iraq War proceeded as planned by the US regardless of the hundreds if not thousands of op-eds, web sites and other media that mildly critiqued the new war.

I argue that this article must state that this opposition or the the essays on OpEd News weren't at all what they appeared to be. They carefully prevent any real resistance. The Iraq war never could have started without a careful control of opposition.

Kall's site is a chimera of opposition that promotes careful inhibition of any "resistance." The public has no idea whether Kall's site participated or particpates in widespread surveillance which is so pervasive to be expected. There are no ideal laws in place that protect anyone's privacy. People who use social media like Op-Ed News frequently have limited understanding of this and are traditionally taken advantage of. Kall simply doesn't offer information about privacy aside from what is suggested as required. Op-Ed news isn't particular about deeply informing anyone about anything past the usual appeal or propaganda.

The preferable description is manipulation not news, The website is heavily censored, the idea of free speech has little to do with the legal parameters of a social media website. Kall and his product deliver 'advertising' copy or state propaganda.