Whenever I click a news article and it’s a video I’m like, “ok! guess I won’t be learning about that current event!!”
@lolennui also if said news article came from a friend, it is almost without exception one of my less intelligent friends. As a rule people who consume primarily via video seem less intelligent to me. They rarely refer to primary sources, and are almost always regurgitating opinions instead of fact.
@TrexPushups @lolennui the best way to avoid propaganda is to seek out primary sources and ignore clickbait shock jocks. I know everyone learns differently, but reading encourages reader participation, you're actively synthesizing what you consume, whereas being spoonfed an opinion via video is passive consumption. I know no-one is immune, but passive consumers are far more likely to have a partial understanding of anything.
@marimo 🤣🤣🤣 you seem to have missed the "as a rule" and "almost without exception" parts of my toot. Don't worry tho, as a rule my friends know where they stand with regards to my opinions as our exchanges are just that, exchanges. Thanks for the presumptions and bad vibes tho 😘
@gr0k @lolennui they are misinformed because their media intake is poor.
This is less about intellect and more about people not being immune to propaganda.
No one is.