Bad to worse.
Not that either are good but 🤢
Social media is not a news source.
It is the source most Americans get their news from wether it’s technically a news source in itself.
Well, fuck us. there no way television news can be trusted and absolutely no way most social media sites can be trusted. How quickly the information age destroyed information.
American TV was a news source?
Yeah, I was going to say that TV wasn’t much of a news source to begin with. The real issue is that social media for news is probably worse - now everyone can be spoonfed the news they want.
And that’s problematic as social media is harder to debunk due to how chronic bullshit flies.
Is it though. Are they gonna trust cousin Lenny more than the talking heads on a big TV show with production. Are you gonna sound more or less credible than cousin Lenny, now a big TV show with “experts”
Bad news except you can’t trust TV either. Or reading the news, lately. At least regardless of the medium, general advice carries-- double check sources, learn which are credible, etc.
I just hope people are following links and not just reading headlines, right? …Right?
I’m actually surprised that this is the first time that’s happened.
America is not exactly known for having standard news programs as anyone in the rest of the world would consider them, it’s just a matter of picking your preferred bias.
At least with social media, you can choose what content to engage with or scroll past. A lot of TV news is fear mongering non-news entertainment. I don’t care that someone got arrested after a high speed chase. I don’t care about someone’s dog charity. What your local Sinclair is peddling, let alone Fox, is just about getting you to come back over and over for the ads, and it’s a continuous feed of trash someone else is deciding to put in your face and dub important.
Feeds also often let you mark content as “not interested” to better personalize for what you consider relevant and newsworthy. So, it’s not necessarily a one-way street there either.
How disgusting… hope laws are created to make sure it’s legit.
Okay, I’m gonna give you a tip if you’re interested in geopolitics and recent events: follow EvanWritesOnX. I don’t have any actual social media accounts but you can read his posts without having a Twitter one, and he certainly seems to have a very clear view of what’s happening. Take care!
Eh I’ll stay away from Xitter.
Avoiding Xitter is understandable but the dude has had it right geopolitically since I remember!
Social media has so many users now.
