• ThrowawayOnLemmy
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    2 days ago

    Thatโ€™s a weird way for a station to react.

    Almost like they donโ€™t actually wanna talk about real problems.

    • scarabic
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      7 hours ago

      I used to have this NYT lifestyle reporter in my Facebook and they were constantly posting hyper-specific quote requests. โ€œIf you are a bartender who has seen more business from upscale clientele since Covid ended and think this is because affluent people have less empathy, Iโ€™d like to interview you for an upcoming article!โ€

      Itโ€™s fucking embracing how the News already knows exactly what they want to say before they even go to people, and they just want people to repeat their line like a good little drone and then go away. And most people will for the mere chance to have their face or name in the news.

    • Ryoae@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      Of course they donโ€™t.

      The only news they care about talking of is:

      PEOPLE ARE EXPLOITED! PEOPLE HAVE NO SUSTAINABLE INCOMES! LETโ€™S TALK ABOUT TRUMP FOR A BIT ALL WEEK, EVERY WEEK! OH NO! ANOTHER CHILD DEAD TODAY! OH NO! AN ACTOR EVERYONE LOVED DIED TODAY! THE WEATHER IS BAD! RECORD LEVELS!

      But anything other than that cycle of bullshit and more, canโ€™t talk about that. Them media mongul overlords will crack the whips again! Canโ€™t have that!

      • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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        Because Donald Trumpโ€ฆ the Dow! The Dow right now, is overโ€ฆ THE DOW IS OVER FIFTY THOUSAND DO- I donโ€™t know why youโ€™re laughing, I hear youโ€™re a great stock-trader, as I hear, Raskinโ€ฆ the DOW is over fifty thousand, right nowโ€ฆ