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[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 62 points 3 months ago

"Media blackout" the Wikipedia reference lists many mainstream sources that have covered the story.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago

And the fact that he said 'if I die it's not suicide' was on most major sources.

[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

I really hate when I hear about things getting the media blackout treatment, and the reason I know about them is because I heard about them from mainstream media sources.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

It's always some stupid shitty little website like OP is linking trying to convince people that they're the only ones sharing the truth. He spammed this shit in a few different subs too.

[-] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Looking further into the website, especially the category descriptions, it's largely AI written and looks like a propaganda website like masses created and spread during the last 2 American election seasons.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Sounds about right.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately, I've seen a lot of this crap on this community.

Maybe we need a bot to do a cursory search for more trusted sources for a given topic.

[-] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unfortunately it's election season in the US, so any sources of conversation will be overtaken by bad actors. That means any politics subs, news subs, and especially US Politics subs. A whitelist could work but it would take a lot of work and make a lot of users mad, they tried on Reddit for a few subs and the list of allowed sites was huge. Then you also have people asking, can Fox News be blacklisted? And if it's not, the propagandists will shift their strategy from fake websites to websites with low integrity like Fox and make the article fit their 'opinion'... It's a neverending cat and mouse game where the only strategy that works is well-trained moderators, and only if the bots (read: bot farms, humans) aren't vying for a mod position as soon as it opens, which they will be.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, I really liked /r/neutralnews, which had a whitelist (for posts) and a blacklist (for comments), and anything else was taken on a case-by-case basis.

And the problem isn't just because it's election season (but it'll get worse), it was also a problem when I joined last summer. It's a "tons of leftists on lemmy.ml" problem posting sketching sources that serves whatever their agenda is.

That said, I don't think we should necessarily have a blacklist (and certainly not with lemmy as-is), but a bot with a large whitelist of sources pulled from /r/neutralnews that provides alternatives would be awesome (bonus points if it also archives the relevant pages). It would basically do a search with the given search terms, pull links from the first 10 or so relevant results, and randomly choose 2-3 that have a high correlation with the posted source (and a link for a search query on DDG or similar for more results).

Maybe I'll hack on that, idk. I've wanted something like /r/neutralnews since coming here, and I haven't found anything remotely similar.

[-] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

If you do end up hacking on it, and can remember to come back and say so, please let me know the name of the sub. Or if you make one now I'll subscribe and hope to see it show up at some point.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Sure thing. I've saved this comment in case I get around to it (may have some time next week).

[-] UnpluggedFridge@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Are people expecting journalists to get ahold of this body and do their their own autopsy? To seize evidence and do their own forensic analysis? There are no developments because there is no way for journalists to get more information. Without more information, there is nothing to report.

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 months ago

Man makes an enemy of a large company, man tells friends and family that he would not commit suicide and not to believe that in case he dies, man dies... Coroner yup, that's totally a suicide while counting a large stack of 50s...

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 5 points 3 months ago
[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Because larger denominations are harder to spend in stores, and depositing a large amount, without a plausible story, will get scrutinized and/or flagged for the tax authorities. At least with European banking laws, I can't speak for US laws.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

Thats not the case in the US. You only trigger additional processes if you deposit >$10,000

Its true that the EU is much more of a PIA with cash

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not even stepping down until the end of the year, either. Also,

During his tenure, Calhoun made $24.5 million in salary and benefits and will possibly make a further $45.5 million from stock options he retains and $5 million from a retirement package.

So he murders a whistleblower with a hilariously bad coverup, gets to keep his job for another nine months, and still keeps his bonuses and retirement when he leaves. Can someone explain to me which part of this is supposed to be a punishment, because I'm not seeing it.

[-] gitgud@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 months ago

Well the punishment is that the blowjob eventually ends, you see?

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Blowjobs for them, blowouts for us. SNAFU.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

Is it just me or does anyone else think Putler is behind this?

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 months ago

During his tenure, Calhoun made $24.5 million in salary and benefits and will possibly make a further $45.5 million from stock options he retains and $5 million from a retirement package.

Hey boss, there's your problem.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 7 points 3 months ago

He's not even the one responsible, he was just hired to eat the shit they knew was coming their way.

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This news site:

Bias Rating: LEFT

Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL

Country: USA

Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE

Media Type: Website

Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic

MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/world-socialist-web-site/

Rating of a good source:

Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED

Factual Reporting: VERY HIGH

Country: United Kingdom

MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE

Media Type: News Agency

Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic

MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/reuters/

[-] gitgud@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

But what is the bias of mediabiasfactcheck.com?

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