GarrulousBrevity

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[–] GarrulousBrevity 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's not really a bot's opinion though? It's reporting on salon in general, and letting you know that the reporting has a bias, which means generally, it might promote parts of the story that show Vance in a bad light compared to other reporting, and the. The Ground News link shows that reporting on this topic across several sources tends to be pretty non biased and factual. That's all good information to have, and saying otherwise means you want to let yourself be misled.

And everything other than joining the topic and the source is written by humans who are trying to keep people informed.

[–] GarrulousBrevity 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But following media reports, it has also admitted that China-based employees had access to US users’ data, although the company insisted it was under strict and highly limited circumstances.

Employees of ByteDance might be Chinese, but they don't work for the government. They work for ByteDance. I haven't found anyone claiming to have proof that data in US citizens has left the company. Just fears that it could.

[–] GarrulousBrevity -1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If you're down voting a fact checker, you might want to do some self reflection on why you're upset that Salon doesn't have a perfect rating

[–] GarrulousBrevity 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There is concern that ByteDance may be giving the Chinese government access to data on US citizens. It's worth noting that no proof of this actually happening has surfaced.

[–] GarrulousBrevity 6 points 2 months ago

Mostly because of this. TikTok is the app collecting massive amounts of data on its users with dubious intent and questionable security that is currently being scapegoated, and discord is on the long list of popular apps that collect massive amounts of data their users with dubious intent and questionable security that we are not scapegoating.

[–] GarrulousBrevity 4 points 2 months ago

That's what the article is about: how that change has pushed politicians to be open about their flaws and having much more public lives, like celebrities. Meaning that voters vote for politicians who act like celebrities. The sentiment in other comments of "No. No we don't." ignores the reality of who has been winning elections for the last 30 years.

[–] GarrulousBrevity 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I'm gonna guess there's a lot of down votes from people who just read the title...

The author points out the last 30 years of presidential candidates as their evidence, and paints a pretty nuanced picture of his politicians have dealt with changing voter trends. No one wants to vote for the candidate that doesn't act like that can ~~emphasize~~ empathize (glide typing failed me) with them, even though that's not really the president's job.

[–] GarrulousBrevity 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Don't ruin your own experience because someone else is enjoying it differently than you like to

[–] GarrulousBrevity 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is the bill itself: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1840

This isn't a new program and if you live in California and are not a migrant, you could have applied since the program started in 2016. This just adds the stipulation that migrant status should not disqualify an applicant.

[–] GarrulousBrevity 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's helpful information, they both look like they've got good pedigrees. I'm a bit surprised that none of the normal fact and bias checker sites have anything for Drop Site.

I don't quite understand the down votes here: Israel is a topic with lots of strong opinions, and basic good media literacy is to do research on sources you don't recognize. There's been a lot of shoddy journalism to get clicks out there, and one should be critical of the information they ingest. The Ground News bot is a good thing.

[–] GarrulousBrevity 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I'm having trouble finding any kind of credibility grading for this source

[–] GarrulousBrevity 1 points 2 months ago
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