More like: we’re all in for a bad time.
Unfortunately, their inability to discern fantasy from reality does not only affect them.
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InternetUser2012@midwest.social 11 months ago
If you’re getting your information from facebook, twitter or fox news (to name a few top offenders) you’re in for a bad time.
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 11 months ago
Sometimes, the fantasy is presented in a credible manner. That’s the hook.
Pofski@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I think another big issue is that there are a lot of news outlets that get their info from those three sources.
cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Let’s add Reddit to that list too.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When Bank of America announced 0% downpayment loans for people with living in red lined communities with an abnormally low home value. Reddit was flooded with posts saying “BoA is giving better loans to black people” completely ignoring that the loans had no race qualifications. All it takes is one poorly summarized post and the whole site starts screaming nonsense.
cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Beyond that there are a lot of entities pushing their own narratives via bot farms and such, and it’s completely opaque to the users and mods who is upvoting content, or what’s being buried by powermods.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Hard enough to get unbiased reporting at the best of times.
Every media outlet picked sides on this a long time ago.
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s not a fair assessment. A lot of news outlets get their info from social media like Twitter so, even if you’re not getting it directly from there, it’s very likely that you’re still getting information from there.
IHawkMike@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And if a significant enough portion of the people are getting their information from those sources, we’re all in for a bad time.