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		nico on Jan 19, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TikTok goes dark in the US > NYT, WaPo, etc would disclose whether they had been able to verify the source or authenticity Oh yeah, like the verification of their stories of the oven babies If anything, this whole ordeal has shown that all media is at some level censored and controlled by special interests behind the scenes We’ve been living in a post-truth world for a long time, way before AI

whatshisface on Jan 19, 2025 [–]

Who lived in a world with no lies, Adam?

nico on Jan 19, 2025 | [–]

Great point. Ever since we’ve had language, we’ve had lies

My comment just points to the naïveté of thinking that somehow big media are big sources of unbiased truth that we can all trust

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