this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2024
273 points (92.8% liked)

Unpopular Opinion

6189 readers
159 users here now

Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!


How voting works:

Vote the opposite of the norm.


If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.



Guidelines:

Tag your post, if possible (not required)


  • If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
  • If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].


Rules:

1. NO POLITICS


Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.


2. Be civil.


Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...


Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.


5. No trolling.


This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.



Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Basically, if all I can read is a headline how can I consider it informative? A news headline has as much evidence as your average Tweet, and can be deeply incorrect through the use of clickbait.

I do use methods to get around paywalls, but knowing that some/most people won't, it seems counter-informative to solely use the clickbait headline to keep people informed.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] madeinthebackseat@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago (4 children)

An even more unpopular opinion: we should pay for good journalism.

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Where is the good journalism at? I’ll pay for it if it actually is good journalism.

[–] pyrflie@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

For actual investigative news: New York Times, Washington Post, Buzzfeed(I know right kinda crazy), Vox, and Al Jazeera.

Occasionally stuff pops up on other networks but they are the ones that consistently fund investigative journalists.

Edit: Washington Post will require vetting going forward. Amazon bought them a few years back an they have been going down since.

load more comments (2 replies)