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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts) Wed Oct 11, 2023, 10:17 AM Oct 2023

Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about the BBC report and Ukraine....

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Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about the BBC report and Ukraine.... (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2023 OP

Years ago, when I bothered with it, I always called Twitter the rumor mill Warpy Oct 2023 #1

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Warpy

(114,686 posts)

1. Years ago, when I bothered with it, I always called Twitter the rumor mill

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Oct 11, 2023, 01:24 PM

Oct 2023

I found it useful for following breaking news like the earthquake in Haiti, but absolutely useless as a source to cite.

I've found a lot of breaking news on dodgy sites elsewhere since then, and waiting hours for confirmation on a real site is really annoying, but I don't have a staff of fact checkers with enough contacts to vet a story, so I wait until a real site posts it.

I'm not surprised that Xitter has turned into a GRU disinformation playhouse. Musk has turned a bad site into a sewer.

crickets

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2. K&R for visibility.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Oct 11, 2023, 02:33 PM

Oct 2023

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