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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/longform/african-slave-trade/%3famp=true

Here's an article from time talking about the modern slave trade in Africa

This is a lazy, bullshit criticism because it starts with the assumption that they don't ever talking about something just because they aren't talking about it now.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They report on that because that's what their readers care about. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I'll hate both, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Except they also actively silence news people want to hear in the name of politically ideaology

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Selena Gomez is clearly involved in the Libyan slave trade

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This always disgusts me. In the words of the great Lupe Fiasco

  • dude is dating so and so, blabbering about such and such. And that ain’t jersey shore, homie that’s the news! And these are the same people supposedly telling us the truth

Prophetic

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

coomer just updated...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the real fool is the one who expected the media to care about the truths and real troubles of the world, in my eyes

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

just because a news source does make an article on it, it doesn't mean they promote it as much as they promote something else on their website, they make such articles to cover their backs if people make points regarding it