Does any of that make social media any better?

It’s the reason why they would prefer a first hand encounter from someone via social media without the narrative being twisted.

This is the lie social media sells.

Nothing is vetted. There’s no standard of information hygiene on social media. Anything posted could be a misunderstanding, or fabricated, or deliberate clickbait propaganda.

In fact, that’s exactly what engages the algorithms; its why modern social media is such a cesspool, because clickbait is easier to produce and more engaging than professional journalism.

I’m not really in this thread to argue this thoroughly. Frankly, if you came to Lemmy with the belief that social media is more reliable than news outlets… I don’t know what to tell you.