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joined 2 years ago
Aka, the Nickleback joke ruiner.
Don't under estimate the tribes from showing up and swinging AZ blue again.
Nickleback would probabaly be happy they're getting played again.
80s?
Southern Washington and the majority of Oregon were hot spots for white supremacist "utopia" migration dating back to before the Civil Rights movement.
As a white dude, it's fucking scary visiting some of those small towns in both states. My wife will even suggest not going to areas due research she's done to verify that were not stepping into a social trap.
CNN changed ownership a while back and it's had a clear impact on their bias and reporting standards. Giving a voice to the "far right" was a final straw of my "trust but verify" stance I had with them before that change.
Obviously I don't trust Fox, OAN (do they still exist?), InfoWars or any of the similar ilk at all. Thats not to say that I write off everything right wing, but there isnt many that pass muster in the US ATM.
There's also a handful of "left" publications that I dismiss offhand due to a history of sensationalism and bad perspectives.
The majority of news is a "trust but verify" stance with me (using a secondary media outlet). It's not a straight "this news source is credible" stance, but whether or not they have a history of news that is overtly biased, sensationalized, or mis-reporting. And then there's the individual article itself.
I down vote the source. CNN is a down vote from me every time. Same with a handful of others.
It's usually a slow trickle of slighted information that resonates with somebody until they've flipped to a view/position contrary to their own interests manipulated by a foreign actor. It's why your previous posting behavior was received so negatively, as you were tripping the "trolldar" of many individuals as it seemed you were posting with a "hidden" agenda. Which I have to say, while I don't always agree with you, your recent posting behavior and approach to discussions is no longer tripping my internal warning klaxons.
But an even bigger example is Q-Anon, where there was a slow trickle of info that slowly worked it's way into so many susceptible individuals.
Lemmy is immune to this, right? Riiiight?
With the knowledge/reports that this was going on by Russia in the 2016 election (reports dropped during the election cycle) with suggestions that other countries were likely doing the same, I am not surprised. Hell, it was exposed that even the Trump campaign had their own "~~grass roots astroturfing~~ troll farm" division.
It's made me incredibly skeptical of posters. But it's not too hard to spot potential trolls. I'm also sure there's those that operate in a far more subtle way that even my skepticism doesn't capture.
I wish the communities here had better rules in place to mitigate this. But the rules tend to lean towards "benefit of the doubt" instead of a harder line on dis-incentivizing this from happening throughout our moderated communities. Maybe part of that is a limitation of Lemmy MOD Tools, but another part is definitely a lack of stronger definitions and enforcement of disallowed behavior (bad faith arguments) and enforcement of those rules.
Do they really?
They made a lot of claims about their military capabilities. However their war with Ukraine has shown those to largely be lies propped up to hide that their oligarchs have emezzled the money.
I'm starting to wonder how nuclear capable they actually are these days.
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Lol.
Trump campaign floundering so hard that an assisnation attempt of a former President couldn't dominate the news cycle and they're trying to make it happen 2 months later.
Not gonna happen weirdos.