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The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse (www.vox.com)
submitted 8 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.

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[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

None of your independent journalists / investigators are independent.

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Right, news corporations owned by oligarchs are for more independent. of course, how silly of me

[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You’re going to have to tell me what oligarchs own NPR, C-span, and the associated press

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I see, let's just all get our news from 3 sources. That'll definitely help with the groupthink

[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think you might be an idiot my man.

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow you get backed into a corner and resort to middle school name calling. Like, maybe you need to get out of your comfort zone. Maybe you need to put on your big boy pants and accept that your original premise is incoherent

[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee -2 points 7 months ago

No I stand by my statement lol