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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Social media ranking higher in trust isnt due to media accuracy. There are plenty of outlets that provide a consistent source of news. Its like the comments in here point to 5 bad news sites then smeer "news" as a whole. As if social media isnt 50x worse in every single metric.

Social Media ranks higher in trust because social media companies want users to trust the news they view on their platform. Social media "news" accounts constantly attack the reputation of traditional news outlets by pointing to bad news articles because they benefit directly from the audience losing trust.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The reason? People are stupid. Too much lead paint.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, fr, Journalists are out there risking their lives and being factual and impartial, but people like OP are being handfed by algorithms so as to not trust anyone but the hand.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

You're gonna sit there and tell me you want less factual news about current events and more opinion hit pieces?

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

At what level of "verifiable" does an opinion become a fact?

Is "Elmer Fudd is out here to shoot Wabbits" a hit-piece?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

We have articles saying "Elmer Fudd has a history of hunting Wabbits and has purchased a seasonal Wabbit hunting permit"

You want articles that say "Terrorist Elmer Fudd is a carnivorous madman who will stop at nothing to capture Wabbits, skin them alive, and offer their hearts to Satan because he's such an idiot he thinks Satan is still a valid angel"

Let's stick to the strict truth as it happens. If you want to criticize anything then it should be that they're too conservative with their use of the term Terrorist or lack thereof. I respect Journalism as a career and I think there are many platforms and groups who do cover the news in a way that is enlightening and thought provoking.

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago

Why are you yelling at that mirror over there?

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago

All the print media is bought by American state propaganda, and all the social media is manipulated by hostile foreign state propaganda.

Gonna have to start doing shit ourselves, like reporting.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 25 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It’s access journalism. Trump is just more overt about it, but each admin does it. Biden staffers refused to field questions around his acuity, Trump tried to kick out the AP from the White House Press Pool for running actual news instead of fellating him, Obama’s admin refused to honestly talk about the growing drone war, the Bush jr team chided any ‘where WMD’ reporters, Clinton…

If you say mean things or are critical of your subject, they tend to remember that and don’t volunteer information to your outlet - costing your boss exclusives and headlines, and thus ad revenue. I’m pretty sure ~~Ted~~ Rafael Cruz is never going to sit down for a 1:1 with Tucker Carlson again after he got the steel chair. White supremacist shitbag as Carlson may be, he actually did a journalism, didn’t let Cruz lie, and challenged him on the topic, and Cruz was shown to be lacking.

There is no actual journalism to be found among the main headlines, just repackaged press releases and barebones reporting devoid of context that might actually inform readers. Find an investigative reporter that deals with a topic/region you care about and follow their SubStack, or wade into Telegram and filter out the propaganda as you are able.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I remember watching a 60 Minutes episode from the mid-2000s about government corruption and embezzlement of oil wealth by the ruling family of Equatorial Guinea, and how American oil companies facilitated this corruption. They interviewed a representative of an American oil industry group and confronted him about whether it was ethical to keep doing business with a dictator knowing that the billions in oil money was going straight into the pocket of a corrupt autocrat and his family to fund lavish spending sprees in Paris and mansions in America while the people of Equatorial Guinea starved in some of the poorest and worst living standards in the world. Of course, the industry rep claimed that it was ethical, and the reporters got kicked out of Equatorial Guinea and harassed by local security forces.

But that's the kind of fearless reporting that just doesn't get done any more. It's cheaper to just have people in the newsroom write clickbait articles about what local political figures are yapping about on Bluesky than to send people to create that sort of high-quality journalism. And there's no chance that any oil industry representative would ever agree to that sort of interview now. At most, they would just have their PR division write a two-paragraph statement.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Agree wholeheartedly. It’s why I hold the term ‘journalist’ as an honorific, and don’t apply that to easily 95% of the people who work in news media. Reporter, sure. But a journalist speaks truth to power, knowing that that power figure may retaliate. A real journalist risks being assassinated with a car bomb for investigating a global money laundering ring, not invitations to state banquets, or ‘embedded live’ with government troops whilst accepting the censor.

Like I said, find a journalist with a good SubStack and support the news and analysis you find valuable. Find somewhere that tells you the what and the why, instead of a story.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

It goes back even further. Look at how much the media worked to cover up FDR's polio.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Stupid sells.

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 75 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Wild that Fox News can practically say the hard R on Biden but every god-damn news channel is tippy toeing on Trump and sane-washing his bullshit

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (4 children)

Uh, Retard?

I'm not that familiar with the usa blacklist of words.

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I suspect OP is using it wrong. Usually "the hard R" refers to a really bad "no-no" word.

Though the phrase has probably become a slight meme due to Linus from LTT getting the phrase's meaning wrong in the same way you guys have, but on a live broadcast.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I will now explain this in the only way acceptable in society today,

THROUGH SONG! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrTnWDTdwI

[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah we don't call it that here in the states. I've heard 'the r word' but never 'hard r'. We reserve that terminology for the OTHER hard R.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

It's the main offensive word for black people. In general use it ends in an "a" sound, and can be positive neutral, or negative. In racist use it ends in the "hard R" and is always negative. Since you are not from the US, I would say you probably shouldn't say it at all, just like I did not in this post.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, the short of it is that it used to be used clinically to describe developmental disorders but fell out of use around the mid-90s because, like so many other words, it was used maliciously to the point where it lost its original meaning and context.

If you were a 90s kid, retard and gay were as close as you could get to actually swearing without getting in trouble and basically carried the same cultural weight as outright slurs. The stigma around being gay was so bad that in the 2000s they made up a sexuality to describe men who were straight but liked to shower and dress in nice clothing so that they wouldn't lose their jobs. And the stigma around mental needs little explanation, I think. It wasn't that long ago that they were electrocuting people and cutting out parts of their brains for being sad or having a stutter.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

i remember going on a school trip to san francisco in the 90s. one of my classmates kept saying "that's so gay" about everything she didn't like. we only let her go two shops (while gently pointing out the SF-specific merchandise) before i had to ask her "you know where we are, right?" in her credit, i never heard her speak that way after that incident so
people can change

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Fun fact, electroconvulsive therapy is still available for depression! It's one of the things I tried.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 23 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

A big part of it is he's doing what Israel wants...

Israel kept bombing past the ceasefire start, but look at MSM and everyone is saying Iran violated the ceasefire when they retaliated for Israel not even stopping for it.

It's decades past time to recognize that Israel's government has bought off the majority of both of our parties along with our media.

We can't just keep ignoring it or screaming "both sides" when people point it out

It's not gonna fix itself, and we can't fix it till we admit it's a problem

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

I have a slightly different take.

He is doing what Russia wants which actually means get Israel to stop bombing Iran because Iran is an important asset to Putin. In the mean time he can look good for ending the conflict. At least thats what daddy Putin told him.

Iran was informed about the US attack. They made sure there were no casualties and the US promptly proclaimed the nuclear treat was now gone. Then Iran did a symbolic counter attack because all people (including Iran citizens) expected a counter attack.

The message seems to be directed at Israel “we solved the problem, now you can stop bombing”

Except Trump is learning the hard way that Israel is just using him for the fool he is and is in no way going to stop their purge. Basically calling the bluff because Netanyahu stopped caring about how they are perceived a while ago.

Israel played there cards very well realising that Russia is in to much of a difficult position with Ukraine to start a war with them to defend Iran.

I have zero proof of above hypothesis but its what emerges in my autistic head if i do go over all the details and in context it just makes a lot of sense to me.

There is a word for this framing of reality and its hypernormalization.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I appreciate both your take and the inclusion of "zero proof" and "hypothesis". It tastes better with those grains of salt.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 9 points 16 hours ago

Netanyahu stopped caring about how they are perceived a while ago.

I don't think he ever did. This guy was burning effigies of Rabin in 1995 because he didn't want Palestinians to have rights.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

If you call that out, you'll be shouted down for being antisemitic.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Because Trump is the abusive ex that you don't want to piss off because he has thousands of guns and has a hair-trigger temper.

[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 30 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

someday everyone will have always been against this

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What colors do I need to change my profile pic to to show that I always supported [the winning side]?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

The Russian flag

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 16 hours ago

Never let the forget.

[–] ordinarylove@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

"there's a reason" and then OP posts neolib drivel from one of the most obnoxious, most entrenched asshole propagandists from the deep political insiders list

maybe OP doesn't understand who George Conway is or something

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ordinarylove@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

@everybody @here this is the guy who keeps falling for it, let's get em

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

In all fairness to OP, who I have no idea about, many of these awful people, including Conway, rebrand and change their image like others would change clothes.

News is horrible, but social media still stinks

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

He's the husband to Kelly Ann Conway, one of the worst women on earth and mother of the alternative facts line.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago

Wolf Blitzer used to work for AIPAC, it’s honestly not surprising for him personally.

Since the news media are all multinational corporations owned by billionaires war profiteers, their general stance isn’t all that surprising either.

Has Conway just not been paying attention? This isn’t a bug, it’s the feature.

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

For a second I thought he was going to bust out the P word.

Tap for vulgar profanityPoopyhead

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 points 8 hours ago

Good sir I have children who are on the internet please refrain

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world -2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Most American journalists and media outlets DO call Trump a stupid idiot, and they have been for the past decade.

You have to be living in an alternate reality to think Trump is liked by the establishment media. This is only true for Fox and a handful of other right wing media outlets.

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Most American journalists and media outlets DO call Trump a stupid idiot, and they have been for the past decade.

Which popular media outlets are actively doing that? Because all I see is sane-washing his bullshit.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

All of them? Are you seriously trying to tell me that the NYT or MSNBC US politics page are in any pro Trump? These outlets stopped being neutral and both siding things since the 2016 election.

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 4 points 7 hours ago

I caught a few minutes of MSNBC's coverage of Trump's military parade. They sounded like they had guns to their heads, trying to pretend like it was fun and normal.

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 3 points 7 hours ago

I'm telling you they sane wash his bullshit.

Where every Democrat president has to tiptoe and be perfect.