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Democracy is crumbling all around you, and you make the decision to give it a lil nudge further off the cliff, but somehow nobody even notices or cares? 🇺🇲 (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.newsweek.com/la-riot-police-shoot-protester-head-rubber-bullet-2082794

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago (3 children)

That's what the article is about.

This is the only news coverage I've seen of it, and most of America doesn't even seem to know about it

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The one conservative I've spoken to since this started literally played the "oh that's probably some fake AI video" card any time I mentioned the cops doing the violence...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

This has been the real danger of AI video all along: not that it’s actually convincing, but that people think it could be convincing. The first step to rejecting the evidence of your eyes and ears.

[–] pelespirit 23 points 3 days ago

I went to Newsweeks front page and it wasn't anywhere to be found. Also not on the US News front page.

Found it by searching the headline: https://www.newsweek.com/la-riot-police-shoot-protester-head-rubber-bullet-2082794

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There is only so much a human mind can keep up with. Been online almost all day, hadn't seen this yet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know, I didn't mean people weren't paying attention to the news. It kinda seems like it's intentionally not being mentioned. It happened yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

There's A LOT going on these past two days