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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 211 points 8 months ago (73 children)

It’s actually crazy how low the percentage of people under like… forty is now that actually gets their news direct from a news site. Seriously, i don’t know a single person from like 20-35 who actually just goes on the NPR or C-SPAN app or whatever.

It kind of sucks. So much news is just reading the headline and seeing a photo now. And I just feel like there’s something bad about being able to see a comment section on Twitter or Reddit or even Lemmy now on every news event. Makes for a lot more group think rather than just reading the news and going “huh”

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I'd read more articles if they weren't paywalled.

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

APNews.com, relatively low bias, no paywall.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reuters is also good and less USA Centric (at least for their notifications) which is a good thing for me because I am not from the USA, but AP is excellent too). I don't think you can even disable USA news in your "interests" with AP.

Both Reuters and AP are news agencies that sell news (and stuff like photos) to other news companies. So it's very likely that everyone here has read at least some content from them.

Both are also often regarded as among the most reliable and least biased news sources available. AFP is also in that group.

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yes agreed, Reuters is my other go-to. Both great options in a sea of disinformation.

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