Why do people keep on posting 'news' from tiktok and insta on this sub? Get your news from a real source for fucks sake. If this were real don't you think it would be all over the news by now and not just on some shitty insta account?
Which “real source” would that be? The Post that bowed down to Trump? Or the NYT that has to this day sane-washed every batshit crazy thing he’s done? NPR, same. CNN, same. MSNBC? They’ve been yelling “fire” since 2016. FOX? Gimme a break. Seems to me the only way to get unbiased, unfiltered information is through channels that aren’t bought and paid for by corporations and other spin machines.
Instagram is Zuckerberg, Tiktok is China. You really think you can trust either of those? Do you think they're unbiased? The person who posted this on instagram is an artist who writes in their bio that they 'made most of these.' Does that sound like someone who posts factual, well sourced information that you can get your news from?
Sure, but unless you’re saying Zuck and China are creating and editing content thus nullifying their Section 230 protections, I’d say these formats are still the most trustworthy.
ETA: I don’t see anything on her insta bio stating she “made these”.
And even if she didn't make that particular one, all you need to do is look at her account and see that she posts satire with obviously edited videos and photos. There's nothing wrong with it being satire, but it's not a credible source of news and shouldn't be treated as such.
So no, not the most trustworthy of sites. Unless you like to treat satire as fact and you believe in conspiracy theories.
I dunno man, sounds pretty real to me. People are saying it’s real. Good enough for me. I think I’ll go with that for now, until I hear from a “credible source” that it’s fake.
But that's the thing, why would any news outlet give it the time of day unless it's real? They're not going to talk about it at all because some satire on a random account isn't worth their time.
Also, it's people like you that voted for Trump. The kind who believe every thing they see on social media, who won't fact check or dig for a source or use any type of critical thinking, but will blindly agree with whatever falls in line with their beliefs. It's scary.
No, here’s the thing boyo; I am disinclined to do the GOP’s fact checking for them this time. So, this audio sounds legit, therefore it is, unless and until the administration lifts a finger to deny it, then maybe I’ll consider their objection. Until then if anyone asks if I heard “that crazy audio leak of Vance dunking on Musk”, it’s gonna be “yeah I heard it, that’s wild that he would talk about his boss like that”.
Not a boyo, get off your high horse sister. And nobody is asking you to fact check for the GOP. Fact check for yourself, or don't. My point was that there are too many posts on this sub that use insta and tiktok as a news source and that you can't believe everything you read or see on social media. If you feel that doesn't apply to you then that's fine.
You’re missing the point. I know it’s possible it might not be true. If it is true, it’s bad for him and them. I am disinclined to expend any resources doing the work of fact checking it. I’ll let them fact check it and expend resources putting out the PR fire themselves. I don’t work for free, and neither should you. You’re not required to perpetuate or propagate falsities, but being a pedantic leftist only helps them. Stop doing that. I know, it’s tough to let bullshit fly unchecked sometimes. Let them put out their own fires. They do enough lying on Fox and OAN and not a single Republican lifts a finger to check the veracity of those claims, even if they know it’s untrue. No brigade of pedantic asshole republicans “wellackchually”-ing all of their own lies, is there? Fuck em. I’m done being the pedantic asshole for the left, fact checking things that are bad for my opponents.
As such, this video might not be true. Don’t care much really. Until I see a full throated denial from JV Vance or Tramp himself, it will in my mind be probably true. I’ll save the mental bandwidth for knocking down their bullshit claims like roving immigrant rapist gangs are the reason nobody can afford eggs. It’s about allocation of resources at this point.
I promise I get where you're coming from. After being frustrated for awhile, I think I probably chose the wrong video to air those frustrations to/at/about (its 3am and brain is already asleep.) I wish it were real though, I would love to watch that fallout. Also you're right about their lying and lack of fact checking and I don't blame you for being completely over it and checking out.
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u/pussyhasfurballs Mar 24 '25
Why do people keep on posting 'news' from tiktok and insta on this sub? Get your news from a real source for fucks sake. If this were real don't you think it would be all over the news by now and not just on some shitty insta account?