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The UK government is trying to undermine the work of journalists who keep the public informed. Officials are now trying to claim they must tighten Freedom of Information (FOI) rules to defend against China. Meanwhile US president Donald Trump’s administration has publicly attacked independent media outlet Drop Site News for… telling the truth.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 41 points 3 days ago (5 children)

"Panicking" should be in the same category of headline words as "blasts", "fumes", and "destroys". 100% of the time you find that the truth is much milder than what the headline implies. Ghasp, I know.

In this case, "concerned enough to react" would be a better choice.

[–] shutz@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hey now, don't you slam this reporter's choice of words!

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] tristan@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 3 days ago

… Quietly

[–] phar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's a YouTube channel called midas touch and I swear every video says trump is panicking.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

No no no. That's a typo. Hexs picnicing. He's spread a table cloth on some grass and is now eating large amounts of food by himself. He brought a bucket of big macs.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

mild shock Patrick Stewart

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sean Connery, is that you?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

~~Yesh~~ No.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 days ago

That freak out about Drop Site News is wild, because it's so counter protective.

DSN is such a small outfit, and Trump is simultaneously showing how vulnerable he is in his reaction and also doing such promotion for a news magazine that is otherwise not that heavily read.

It's great though, because I love DSN.

[–] Charlxmagne@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago
[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This should be the natural state of things, and politicians should take that as a sign to start behaving in a way that represents their constituents.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Reality is a real pain