• Teppichbrand@feddit.org
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    3 hours ago

    News like this destroy our mental health without serving any purpose but to make the website some sweet ad-money. Click it, engage and soon we’ll get one news article for every recorded act of violence in the world. Congratulations, you just lost a little more faith in humanity, making your perceived reality more scary and unsafe.

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      7 hours ago

      1000%. Look, it’s sad, but it is one thing in a sea of endless information. At best a reader walks away more scared of the world. At worst, there is an entire electorate that will walk away more violent towards others. Deadass these articles have a role in the global rise of fascism.

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      7 hours ago

      Not to mention the fact this is a UK media outlet sharing a story from the US - and it’s not even their reporting but just a regurgitation of an actual local news station.