Fun with live news threads, headline has changed at least 4 times now…

  • TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I don’t know why you’re being downvoted, you’re absolutely right. A quick google search contained no information about his religion

    • potustheplant@feddit.nl
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      24 hours ago

      Well, the linked article is literally titled “Bondi Beach hero revealed as Muslim fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed”, so maybe that’s why? Just a wild guess.

      • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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        22 hours ago

        That’s just the title moron, if you bothered to read through the 3 paragraph article, you’ll quickly see that there’s NOTHING in the article that even hints at this man’s religious beliefs. The headline is just there for click bait and you fell for it

        • crapwittyname@feddit.uk
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          17 hours ago

          The title is part of the report, moron. There are no special rules that mean you can lie in the title, moron. There are no special rules that mean you have to expand on every detail in the title or else it’s not true, moron.

          • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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            13 hours ago

            I’m having a hard time understanding your comment. Are you implying that media outlets don’t lie in their headlines? Are you perhaps implying that claims don’t require evidence for you to believe them?

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              9 hours ago

              Jesus. I’m not implying anything, everything I’ve said is explicit. Perhaps you’re having a hard time understanding because you’re looking for hidden meaning where none was intended?

              The claim was made by the top level commenter, NOT_RICK. The evidence supporting this claim is the news report (and various others in the thread). That is the end of it. If you want to make a new claim, e.g. that this source is lying, then go ahead and do so. With evidence.

              What you’re doing is called sealioning and there is no end to it. You wouldn’t accept the evidence unless the man himself came to your house and told you he was Muslim to your face. And then only if people were watching.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      Multiple outlets are reporting he’s a Muslim man. I’d imagine others are not as his religion isn’t exactly relevant to his being a hero.

      • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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        22 hours ago

        They’re not reporting it because there’s no evidence regarding this man’s religious beliefs. You just went out of your way to find a couple of clickbait headlines without even bothering to read them to spread narratives. You’re a part of the problem.

          • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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            13 hours ago

            The source of this guy being muslim in the article is literally Benjamin Netanyahu…

            Regardless, all I wanted was for you to provide an article that at least had a source for the claim. I don’t trust anything Netanyahu says out of principle, but still this is an article that does provide something to support the claim. It’s not a pure clickbait headline that’s misleading. So there we go, that puts whatever this was to rest.

            • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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              5 hours ago

              After sleeping this off I think I was being too much of a dick needlessly. I can respect and agree with your desire to make sure facts are well vetted before potentially pushing a false narrative. Cheers mate

              • crapwittyname@feddit.uk
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                24 minutes ago

                It’s nice to see you doing this, but you really weren’t the problem in this thread. That account was not posting in good faith. You were immediately accused of spreading misinformation, then when you politely provided evidence, they doubled down both on the sealioning and the name calling. The votes tell the story here and you did well and you did good.

    • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      Media literacy is dead. People on here are willing to believe clickbait headlines and misinformation if it pushes a narrative they subscribe to.

      • Randomgal@lemmy.ca
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        21 hours ago

        It’s because the ‘people’ you are talking are either propagandists or bots.

        • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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          18 hours ago

          lol yes I made this account years ago in preparation for an argument as stupid as this. You sound ridiculous.