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Time magazine: “we don’t know how yet, but we’re gonna find a way to link the rise of fascism and avocado toast”
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·1 year agoI’ve been hating this since Twitter became a thing. I used to read BBC news articles for (seemingly) good quality reporting, and then they started quoting random twitter users. Like, who gives a fuck?
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt always seemed strange to me as well. Who is this person, and why should I value their opinion?
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoEven worse when a “news” article is just embedding a bunch of Tweets from random people and calling it news.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhich the BBC has done. Awful.
I’ve been hating this since Twitter became a thing. I used to read BBC news articles for (seemingly) good quality reporting, and then they started quoting random twitter users. Like, who gives a fuck?
It always seemed strange to me as well. Who is this person, and why should I value their opinion?
Even worse when a “news” article is just embedding a bunch of Tweets from random people and calling it news.
Which the BBC has done. Awful.