hannah onlineNov 21, 2022
mastodon getting mainstream coverage has been such an intense demonstration of that effect where you only realize that the news is completely, outrageously wrong about the most basic shit when it talks about something you're actually familiar with
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@prehensile

I enjoy reading three sentences into an article and realizing that its headline says the exact opposite of what's actually in there. Really inspires my confidence in the news outlets.

I also enjoy how they find some incredibly unflattering photo of whoever they're disparaging, just to make sure I get how terrible that person is. :/ This doesn't feel manipulative at all.

Nov 21, 2022 at 7:07pmWeb
Show threadSven "DrMcCoy" HesseNov 22, 2022
@xenophora @prehensile (the reason for that is that usually, the author of the piece doesn't write the headline. that is written by someone else, who hasn't even necessarily read the article in detail, solely to make it sound as clickable as possible)
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@DrMcCoy @prehensile

Yeah, I know. But regardless of who allows (or demands) that, it breeds a lack of trust in the reader since it indicates utter disrespect for us.