Are the people who rely on Facebook, Instagram, X or YouTube for news retarded?

[Anonymous]

Anybody can post on websites like Facebook, X, Instagram or YouTube.

I wouldn’t rely on social media websites like this for news.

[RavVid]

Hey... lay off Youtube! I have a premium subscription!!

Most of all I like analysis and in truth it is the best place for it if you avoid the legacy media videos.

It isn't so hard to find channels who do straight real politiks. And you can fact check the facts they give. It takes a while to build up trust in a channel and it is easy to distinguish fact and opinion.

Of course Facebook and Instagram are total crap but X can be good; like Kherson Cat. X is too much work for me cause there is a lot of crap between the good ones.

[RavVid]

Thanks for a mho.

[DryGermanGuy]

Absolutely. That's where the digital village idiots find their gullible audiences.

[Kelley1]

YouTube is full of click-bate (that is, lies); not news. Therefore, YouTube is not a reliable source for news. Mainstream media often lies, so obtaining accurate news is difficult. Regardless, YouTube is a source of entertainment, and Facebook, Instagram, etc., are primarily used for personal info, not general news. Therefore, since the primary reason people use social media is not general news, the use of social media does not imply they are retarded.

[Anonymous]

I would just say they lack critical thinking skills.

[KostasKouvalis]

YouTube has some reliable news content, but the other, I agree.
There was an episode of "Impractical Jokers" where they were doing a fake focus group, and asked the people where they get their news from. One girl said Twitter, and I was genuinely shocked. WTF considers Twitter a reliable news source?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Not retarded, no.

I assume something happened to them, something that made them distrust official news sources. Yet they're supposed to have learned at school what news sources essentially are and how to use them.

[WellBye]

Not necessarily. Not all info comes from some random grandma on Facebook, sometimes insiders sharing things that the pro-government media would never report.

[Mariogirl09]

Only if their not credible sources i was always told to be careful where I got my information from.

[Ariesman81Nshiiit]

Nothing more than places to gain information and perspectives. Actual due diligence is always required.

[exitseven]

there is a lot of BS on the internet. Many people just look st the stuff that they agree with.

[Dargil]

I know YouTube leans left but they publish first person events and public statements.

[Anonymous]

Nor should you but you can see how many people on here rely on it from what they post, especially the MAGA cult

[beefcakebradybatson]

Only those who are Fox Noise, Noisemax, Dumb-Bart, One Fugly, Racist, Three-Teethed Whit America Network, Can-Barely-Count-To-4Chan slaves !!!

[msc545]

No, they are not retarded, as you so gently put it. They are just people who are using news sources that you don't approve of.

[In_Trance]

Shut off mainstream media and social media.
Does anything ever actually happen? How would you know?
Would you care?

[strateguy632]

No. Just lazy and naive.

[DonaldDarko]

No those are the ones that listen to CNN.

[Mike_Hum]

right, that's why you watch CNN and MSNOW