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[–] merridew -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean I'm not really a fan myself, but it can't all be alternating BBC and Guardian stories.

[–] Mr_Blott 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

BBC, AP, Reuters or gtfo

Daily mail smh

[–] Tatters 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could not find this story on the BBC news app, but I did hear about it on Radio 4.

[–] hello_cruel_world@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As long as you have adblockers, what does it matter? I get the "no clicks" kind of protest, but that only works if they're able to serve ads. If you remove the ads, then they're not getting the impression, which ultimately means they're paying for you to visit the site.

[–] Mr_Blott 6 points 1 year ago

They're a bunch of xenophobic, racist shit-stirring cunts, not a news source

[–] snacks 1 points 1 year ago

sort of, but its political innit. Its far better for everyone to avoid the skip fire than jump on in.

[–] Mane25 5 points 1 year ago

Balance doesn't mean giving equal platform to every racist bigot though, there has to be a line drawn somewhere. Wikipedia doesn't accept the Mail as a source, personally I don't think it should be accepted here.

[–] echodot 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well we could start including lad bible posts.

Oh, or the free Metro