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[–] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It still baffles me how much this r/anarchychess meme was regurgitated by the media as if it was a legit accusation.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

When the media started using tweets as news, they started losing the war to memes. As if random people’s opinion on the internet was somehow important.