• CAVOK@lemmy.worldOP
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    23 hours ago

    Be the change you want to see in the world. Give alternative sources, share articles, make the community vibrant with activity and informed discussions about the topic at hand.

    The usefulness of this community depends on news being shared, with no activity there’s no reason to visit.

    And like it or not, politico covers a lot of European politics and its being reported as factual and center left by bias and fact checking sites, so as a source it’s good enough, even if the owner is an ass.

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      23 hours ago

      Dude, the fuck? No, I won’t sit around reading sickening (literally!) news all day so you don’t share links asshats make a profit from!

      Criticism cannot be answered by “Make it better yourself”, that’s some kindergarten shit.

      center left by bias

      Unproven claim. (Ground News and FCMB don’t count, they have scewed perspectives themselves).

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        22 hours ago

        No, I won’t sit around reading sickening (literally!) news…

        Then… don’t? You have no obligation to read what I post.

        Criticism cannot be answered by “Make it better yourself”…

        What’s wrong with offering a solution to your perceived problem?

        Unproven claim. (Ground News and FCMB don’t count, they have scewed perspectives themselves).

        I’ve checked a number of them, they all pretty much agree. Where’s the proof that the bias and fact checks are false?

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          22 hours ago

          Then… don’t? You have no obligation to read what I post.

          You don’t even get what the issue is here FFS.

          What’s wrong with offering a solution to your perceived problem?

          You’re not offering a solution, you’re deflecting the criticism.

          We had the discussion about Politico’s issues before. I know you know because you commented on the thread. I even linked somewhere else in this very thread. I’m not going to repeat everything.

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            You don’t even get what the issue is here FFS.

            I get it. I just don’t agree with you.

            You’re not offering a solution, you’re deflecting the criticism.

            Suggesting that you provide alternative sources if you don’t like the ones provided isn’t a solution?

            We had the discussion about Politico’s issues before. I know you know because you commented on the thread. I even linked somewhere else in this very thread. I’m not going to repeat everything.

            Yeah, you don’t like Axel Springer media. So therefore nobody should be allowed to read Politico because… reasons; even though there’s nothing obviously wrong with Politico according to bias and fact checking sites.

            What I don’t understand is your crusade, but I’m sure you have your reasons.

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              No, apparently you don’t get it. Again.

              It’s not about me not wanting to read it. It’s not even about the specific political leaning of the editorial office of Politico.
              It’s about who profits and what that person dies with that profit. It’s like Hogwarts Legacy may be a decent game with trans representation, I still call to not buy it because a transphobe profits off that game and uses that profit to advance transbhobia.

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                But that’s true for everything. Or pretty much everything. Can’t buy anything with Visa. Can’t buy most food, can’t drive, etc.

                You’d have to live in a hut in the forest and eat moss not too give money to asshats.

                And until there’s an alternative, it will continue. Which is why I suggest you provide alternatives.

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                  13 hours ago

                  There is stuff you can go without and things to refrain from gets really hard without leaving society. And there are bad people and worse people. Döpfner is one of the worse and actively works on making this world and our society worse, too. And if you keep giving worse people profit, justifying with “Can’t help it, society is shit anyways so why not keep doing bad shit?” you are part of the problem.

                  And the alternatives are out there. All news outlet have Europe editorials. There is DW, there is BBC, there are national news outlets etc. Just gotta read them.