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Here's one relevant monologue:

"We are going to have to rebuild within this wild-wild-west-of-information flow some sort of curating function that people agree to," Obama said at an innovation conference in Pittsburgh.

"There has to be, I think, some sort of way in which we can sort through information that passes some basic truthiness tests and those that we have to discard, because they just don't have any basis in anything that's actually happening in the world"

Obama in Pittsburgh PA 10/13/2016



I have no ponies in this race. Counterbalance - charitable interpretation:

"We [the people or the government - does not matter really] are going to have to rebuild within this wild-wild-west-of-information flow some sort of curating function that people [the people] agree to,"

If I interpret "We" as "the government" it still does not matter if "the people" can agree on it as in functioning democracy.

"There has to be, I think, some sort of way in which we [the people] can sort through information that passes some basic truthiness tests and those that we [the people] have to discard, because they just don't have any basis in anything that's actually happening in the world"


I don't see anywhere he says that there will be government appointed gate keepers


Obama saying "we" is not referring to his administration?

What do you think "we" refers to?


When a Prez says "we" it almost always refers to the American people


The public


...and where did this quote come from?


Have you heard of this newfangled thing called a "search engine"?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q="We+are+going+to+have+to+rebuild+w...


The OP asked for a source. I think that is fairly reasonable.




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