• vettnerk
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    1 year ago

    You don’t. Not everything he does and says is newsworthy. Those who are really interested follow him in socials anyway.

    Stop reporting on what he wants you to, and instead report what he doesn’t.

    • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Part of the problem is news consumers, that was part of the point of the article. “News” outlets know they can just embed a musk X-eet, write a couple of paragraphs of context (or have AI do it), add the headline “Musk says ____” and boom an easy ten thousand clicks. The author argues these outlets should at least acknowledge prominently in their articles that Musk is a serial liar. He specifically calls out a few outlets over their coverage of Musks unilateral claim that the fight will be streamed on X without ever acknowledging that the claim was likely bullshit without Zucks verification. Just shitty clickbait journalism.