I mean, at least get your news from the radio in Grand Theft Auto /s
It’s all just click-bait headlines.
Note that Lemmy is not immune to this either. If you see a post that triggers outrage in you, take a step back, take a breath, and check the source. A random domain you’ve never heard before, a complete lack of source, or a screenshot of a tweet mean absolutely nothing if you don’t do your research.
So true. Lemmy is very much not immune to this. Also, thank you for giving me hope.
“Media literacy” seems to assume that there’s media worth reading, but that’s an extremely tiny minority.
Also the things in this meme that are supposedly bad could very well be excellent media.
Ah yes, “the curse of Oak Island”
I took a like journalism 101 course in college as an elective, and we had a couple lessons on this. One of them, the teacher gave us a bunch of websites and was like “Tell me which of these are legitimate.” Some were crackpots, some were satire, some were just weird news. When we went over the assignment in class, we talked about strategies for figuring it out.
I think a lot of people never had that class, or they slept through it.
Sometimes I’m really optimistic about humanity, but sometimes I remember the stupidest kids from school. No attention span. No curiosity. A lot of them are probably out in the world making decisions right now.
