Comment on Brother Says It Was Falsely Accused Of Bricking Printers That Use Cheaper Third-Party Ink Cartridges

• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Apologies don’t make up for being wrong in the first place. Usually they don’t have the same reach, so the mis/disinformation spreads and many people never see the correction.

  It’s the same bullshit “news” companies do to sway opinion. They’ll say something wrong, then a few days later put out a correction that a small fraction of people who saw the first part see. This let’s them spread any lie they want while maintaining an image of being actual journalists to those not paying attention.

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  • lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I absolutely agree and think misinformation is terrible and disinformation is worse. However, I don’t think he should be held to the same standard as a journalist. He just reads news from other people. He should definitely make sure it’s truthful and factual ahead of time. But I do agree, it’s kind of why we’re in a crap state in the world right now.

    Although his apology doesn’t make up for it, he does at least make his apology on his main channel. I have seen other YouTubers make their apologies and such on alternate channels. I also don’t think he makes excuses for it either.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you have a platform, which he absolutely does, you have a responsibility for what you put out. He needs to check if it’s true. If he can’t, he needs to hire someone that will. Either he doesn’t deserve the views or he needs to be responsible for his content. He doesn’t deserve to get views with no responsibility. Everyone should be held to this standard. He collects and edits news for media. He is a journalist.

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• JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, I do appreciate that he generally does apologize when he’s wrong.

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• futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Being level-headed would involve investigating before making accusations.

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