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I've read some weird takes about 9/11 already. (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago* by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[+] zelifcam@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

People today think social media is a news source

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[–] distractionfactory@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years 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.

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years 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...

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[–] Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Pictures with text on them contain the most reliable facts

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[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Poor attention skills leading to attention grabbing behavior because of years of instant gratificaion.

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I think of it this way. Me, my father and my grandfather all read the newspaper the same way. We all went to the store with cash in our pockets. We all talked to bank clerks. Another thing is that there were a lot more historic dramas when we were coming up. Old style candle stick phones and telegraph operators were a common trope.

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