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Journalists are still on X; it's still relatively easy to get the scoop on stories (well beyond the AP!) without paying a dime. No other site on the internet can replace this confluence of information.

Twitter is eternal; musk & his worldview is temporary.

> No other site on the internet can replace this confluence of information.

So be it.

Edit: updated to quote previous end to parent before it was amended

feel like its mostly sports journalists at least in the US. pro athletes and journalists need to gtfo. everyone i knew in real life used to be on twitter. theres like one dude left, and he's just there for basketball. total graveyard on a lot of fronts. even a lot of corporate accounts that really wanted to be in the know are just auto posting graveyards now

> it's still relatively easy to get the scoop on stories

Cue Truth Social 100k/month early access plan to see Trumps tweets before anyone else.

Breaking headline news that is inaccurate and then has no corrections issued(not even getting into how poor corrections are a week later on msm after they reported a false statement might be) are easier to get.

Speed and accuracy are directly opposed to each other when it comes to news reporting so the absolutes fastest “scoop” as you said, is giving up a lot on accurate reporting in exchange for getting the most eyeballs.

Freeing yourself from giving a crap about the "news" is the best thing. Once a month I check if the various wars are still on and that's about it.

Absolutely agree. Went cold turkey after being a news junkie for decades, a year or so back. One of the best decisions in life for me, right next to quitting alcohol.

I agree that it's best for your mental health, but an ignorant populace will not act in its own interest.

New York Times, the Guardian, the WSJ, certainly the Post (any of them) are so shit these days I think my view of the world would get markedly less accurate if I only consumed from the mainstream western media bubble.

Would that be acceptable in exchange for shaping your political views?

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2

I prefer to be polarized over being ignorant (and, frankly, I was polarized long before I was ever on twitter, long before Musk bought it). The financial times is not covering NSPM-7. The NyTimes has barely mentioned it. Ken Klippenstein certainly is covering it, though.

Technically, you don't need to be on twitter to follow him—but it's certainly easier to follow the general discourse if you are.

Just follow the people you care about, only use the "Following" tab, ignore the "For you" tab, block the ads - so you can still choose freely who manipulates you and how. At least X still gives you real control over a chronological timeline.

I see researchers, tech people and my friends. This is a problem with how you curate your social media.

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