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[-] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

People today think social media is a news source

[-] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

Well, traditional news sources have lowered the bar enough that social media isn't really much worse in a lot of cases. Especially considering how many "news" there is about social media content; it makes it seem that something like Twitter is the "source" that the news is citing. The lines have been blurred, seemingly intentionally so it's hard to blame people for not having a good barometer who grew up in an ecosystem of generalized enshitification.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Tbh if feels like 80% of modern news sources are just pulling trending headlines from social media and summarizing the top tweets about it anyway...

[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I'll also add opinion pieces aren't news articles

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Pictures with text on them contain the most reliable facts

this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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