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News
I feel like telling people I know not to send me links to any kind of news unless it comes from a reliable source. And if the source is sketchy, send some verification with it.
I'm so tired of people sending me articles or YouTube videos and saying, "did you hear about this?!" and I'm just like, "is this even true? Who the hell is talking and where did they get their info from?"
Seriously. I don't fucking have time for fake or poorly researched news. If you wouldn't go to your congressman/woman with it, then save it. It's not cute anymore; it's annoying.
An orange psychopath is chipping away at my country. Bring me something solid.




I have the same feeling. Waaaaaaaay too many "alternative articles" being passed around as "facts". Or it's from somebody's blog, or a hastily shared meme on Facebook. Oversaturation.
Yeaah! Especially "somebody's blog". It's like, "where are your sources, dude? And now I've wasted my time reading your dumb unsupported claims. Uggggggh!"
And I understand wanting to depart from mainstream news because they all kind of cover the same things and it's hard to get full coverage, but just....uuuggh! Don't send me conspiracy links!
I posted on Facebook a news article from CBS, I believe about the muzzling of the NPS (who my brother works for) Twitter after it posted the infamous picture of the inauguration crowds, and I had some stranger berate me about the fake news. I offered them to post their sources for the discussion, to compare and contrast, and all I got was "It doesn't matter, Trump said X and the news is fake". Like, fuck.
That is absolutely terrifying. Holy shit!