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In reply to the discussion: Poll: Should videos from Russia Today be allowed on DU? [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)and jurors who don't have time to read the actual post or watch a video of a show...could see "RT" and think the post would deserve a hide just because it is "RT" and they don't approve of Putin.
As it is now...one can post vids and articles from RT/America but if someone has a visceral bias against anything posted from RT, and RT itself, they will "Alert" and the randomly selected jury may have those on it who feel anything from RT should be immediately hidden without even taking the time to watch the video or read the posted article for content. Or, they may read the content but not like the view or they may dislike Thom Hartmann, Abby Martin, Peter Lavelle and any guests that appear on their show....even if they are Democratic voice long approved of and applauded here on DU since the beginning. That would result in a "Hide" for the OP rather than a robust discussion of what readers like or dislike about the information they saw or read from RT.
That's the problem.