Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-11-30 14:32:18 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7BDA2E8DE14E2F059E3136CD600F510F44034A286C08B5FE5DD05C0569810E25
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The Pew study does not confirm X as ‘heartbeat of modern media’ but as a central platform used by ‘news influencers’. Most news influencers are conservative men. A large proportion of them regularly spread half-truths. The diversity of perspectives on X is diminishing. https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/ https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2018/06/18/distinguishing-between-factual-and-opinion-statements-in-the-news/ https://moody.utexas.edu/news/presidential-campaign-goes-viral-so-too-does-misinformation https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2024/dnr-executive-summary
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