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by jandrese 2556 days ago
Which is incredibly susceptible to someone with an agenda who wants to spin an narrative and knows how to leverage social media.

It's tailor made for propaganda. Joe Schmoe who is actually there doesn't know how to inflate his likes and SEO his account. His voice gets drowned out by the people who are getting paid to push a particular viewpoint. There is no editor providing oversight. No ethics board. No neutral point of view. It's just whomever shouts the loudest and gets there first.

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No neutral point of view. It's just whomever shouts the loudest and gets there first.

And that's exactly how news industry worked always, since invention of press (actually even before, though it wasn't industry back then).