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Why should be believe anything on Social Media? (bbc.com)
4 points by strangattractor on Aug 23, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


why should we believe anything on any media? organized media outlets are subject to the constraint that they can't say anything that's demonstrably false without getting flamed, but that constraint is so loose.

social media accounts can straight up lie, organized media can lie by omission - is it that big of a difference? lying by omission gives pretty tremendous wiggle room as well


I dont believe anything that comes from technology. Drugs already tell me, I cant trust my own eyes or brain.


Dont know why this got down voted, I was fed drugs that even made me have a UFO abduction based on 70's UK sci fi which is why I dont even believe in UFO's. Probably some MK Ultra style program.


Face it - there is no reason to believe anything on Twitter/X or any other social media source. Because they are Free - people with malicious intend or an agenda are constantly abusing them, effectively reducing their usefulness to zero. This would include political candidates that are sociopaths. IMHO


I agree, although I don't think it's because they're "free".




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