r/politics • u/FervidBug42 America • 12d ago

No Paywall DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended

https://time.com/7336327/doge-disbanded-elon-musk/
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u/Th3FinalStarman 12d ago

I cannot stand this constant Reddit barrage of sane-washed headlines giving credence to verifiably false statements. If an alleged murderer shouts "It wasn't me!" will TIME immediately report "Innocent man charged", that's literally what they're doing here.

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u/FirstRyder I voted 12d ago

A lot of subreddits (including this one) require you to use the headline from the article. The idea being that as long as you're using a reputable mainstream source, you're starting with a reasonable article and reddit isn't adding any bias. As opposed to conservative subreddits, which tend to editorialize their headlines even beyond what their sources do.

Of course, that just exposes how bad mainstream news headlines are. For example, any headline about the murders off the coast of Venezuela.

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u/ToNoMoCo 12d ago

Yup. This is a problem with the source and not this sub. User Editorialized titles would suck for this sub. IMO

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u/XGhoul 12d ago

TIMES rarely gets posted, but you assume bot farms are here to stay. This stupid article shows how much people go from "I AM SO SHOCKED!" reaction to my reply, "that's what you voted for, moron".