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It annoys me to see this. Quoting tweets is the laziest form of journalism. But to be fair to journalists, finding a couple of real world people and quoting the
by nindalf 4y ago
It annoys me to see this. Quoting tweets is the laziest form of journalism. But to be fair to journalists, finding a couple of real world people and quoting their opinions as if they are representative of the larger public isn’t any more rigorous.
And it’s possible to cherry-pick people to push any narrative you want. Like the NYT talking about how GenZ is very pro-life, quoting several pro-life youngsters. Meanwhile buried somewhere in that long article is the lede - only 20% of GenZ is pro-life.
- lapcat 4y agoIronically, social media has played a big role in the rise of cheap clickbait journalism.