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Thu, 01 May 2025 17:54:58 -0400 from hubzilla

How often do you read a mainstream #media (as compared to topic-specific media) article about a topic that is your specialty and think "they have this so wrong"?

Why would you think they are any better on topics that you don't know as much about?

Mike Macgirvin 🖥️

Thu, 01 May 2025 18:55:32 -0400 from Hypogea

I've never once seen an accurate news article describing an event that I had first-hand knowledge of - going back the last 50-60 years. The facts are all imaginary, and the tech descriptions are hilarious.

lotfi

Fri, 02 May 2025 03:58:32 -0400 from Cirtensis

Every time it happens to me (to read an article that's off the mark on a subject I know), I say the same thing: I hope it's not the same on the rest of the writings.

Waitman Gobble

Fri, 02 May 2025 10:17:52 -0400 from Get Ready To Rumbly

I have heard one way they write a one-sided article is to call someone at 3am or something and leave a message asking if the person has comments to include, then the reporter puts in "so and so declined to comment" and hits submit... at 3:03am for example