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submitted 6 months ago by Bad@jlai.lu to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[a character sits at their desk, in front of their computers, and complains angrily]
Mainstream media? Unreliable, biased, full of fake news, they keep lying…
You can't trust them!

[changing to a point of view beind the character allows us to see that their screen is filled with other angry characters that look like the main character]
That's why I get all my news from angry dudes on social media and men's right activism podcasts

https://thebad.website/comic/unbiased_sources

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[-] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago

Hey look, it’s my dad… 😑

[-] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 14 points 6 months ago

Mine would have fallen for the same shit if he had lived to see it - makes me glad i don't have to deal with that, i'm sorry for you and your family, wish you all the best

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

On paper mine could have. Instead he spent his last years dying, cutting out all his friends that echoed the sentiment of the men his own father flew to Germany to unalive, in disbelief. And he "wasn't political." Just common sense. Worked 7 days a week until the end when he went out under water from medical bills, and about to lose the house. No sarcasm, my father was a working class American hero.

[-] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 1 points 6 months ago

Oh mine was no hero. He was spewing hate and voting far right for decades. Was a drunkard to boot. Went out stumbling in his flat and hitting his head. No heroics here, only wasted years and a broken home.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That sucks. Mine was far from perfect but you got a shit situation dealt and I'm sorry. Hope you grow up a better adult than him

[-] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 1 points 6 months ago

He taught me nothing, but i learnt a few lessons: to stay away from alcohol, to be more empathetic and to put a dampener on the choleric traits i inherited. Also to be left wing and to avoid rash judgment - i definitely broke the cycle.

Sadly it also means living with psychological issues like recurring depression, social anxiety and a personality disorder. But all in all i'm a better human being than he ever was.

[-] Instigate@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Kill. Murder. Execute. Shoot. Decapitate. Dismember. Disembowel.

These are words you can use on the Fediverse. You don’t need to self-censor with words like ‘unalive’ because there’s no corporate algorithm, no shadowbanning and no de-prioritising content based on language. There’s no need to import TikTok/Instagram newspeak.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It's not mods I'm minding. Still public and permanent

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

And then I scroll to this a moment later https://lemmus.org/post/20014498

[-] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Thank you for the kind words.

[-] Aneb@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah mines the one spewing hatespeech on internet forums. He has his own yt channel devoted to his views. I don't talk to him.

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I had to stop being friends with a guy because he doesn't trust in a lot of news.

But he would constantly go, "Asmongold said..."

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

But I would constantly go, “Asmongold said…”

Must be hard to break off a friendship with yourself, lol

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago

Damn typo strikes again! Fixed.

"But he..."

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Asmongold fan by typo is a cursed reality of our time.

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

So I had the misfortune of hearing a joe rogan podcast the other day. It was quite insufferable before I even knew who it was. They were talking about some cool science stuff for a couple minutes, then spent the next half hour bashing the scientific community and making ad hominem arguments about them. Sponsored by a gambling app. For fucks sake, talk about the science thing more damnit!

[-] natecox@programming.dev 11 points 6 months ago

Many years ago I sometimes got stuck in a work truck with a guy who would play nothing but conservative bullshit radio, and it was insufferable.

Nothing but a non-stop stream of hate and bile and misinformation, and so many ads for products I would be embarrassed to be seen buying.

[-] goodboyjojo@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Alot of those Podcaster dudes target the vulnerable and disenfranchised to get clicks. Also they are part of the reason for young men getting into the alt-right pipeline

[-] prex@aussie.zone 10 points 6 months ago
[-] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Its all been lies as long as Ive been alive. True integrity in journalism has always been rare and an uphill battle. As soon as you come to terms with the fact that monied interests are never going to stop manipulating media, its easier to not take any of it too seriously.

[-] deHaga@feddit.uk 8 points 6 months ago

Mainstream media owned by billionaires is wank tho

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Turns out the world is ruled by a secret cabal of people that decide its fate during weird highly immoral sex ceremonies... And it was that cabal that decided to give visibility to those people.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 7 points 6 months ago

All sources are biased. The ones that say they aren't are trying to trick you. Understanding the bias of what you consume allows sifting through to get the information.

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Who are funded by the same pedofile Zionist billionaires who own the mainstream media

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 months ago

they are mainstream media. joe rogan is one of the most popular media franchises. it doesn't matter he's in a newer format than fox news, it matters that he's part of the same mechanism and cultural delivery system

[-] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Someone at work listens to JRE. What recommendations do people have for an alternative?
I suspect that behind the bastards is 'too political'. I was thinking pehaps Marc Maron or similar.

[-] sommerset@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah but it's true about mainstream media - they all sold and owned by someone.

There is 0 coverage of Gaza genocide or many other issues - it's absolutely untrustworthy.

[-] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Does anyone have that image of matt Walsh and like 5 other "independent thinkers" that all posted almost identical responses on Twitter? Theyre not even listening to real people's opinions lol

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Mainstream media? Unreliable, biased, full of fake news, they keep lying…

Angry dudes on social media

this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
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