No one hates the media enough, Politico Edition
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Instead of posting "a fucking screenshot" you should do some due diligence and see if what was posted was in fact false. If it was false, you can say something like "I looked into it guys and the screenshot was fake". That way, you look like a hero and saved everyone the time.
Fortunately, I did the legwork for you.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/25/jd-vance-beard-00170761
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/corridors/2020/12/23/how-2020-changed-justin-trudeau-and-didnt-792488
It's real and not fake. So yes, a screenshot but a factual one so it's fine.
I did that for a while, it just gets tiresome and I don't got time for that shit. I'm not a moderator. I also don't want OPs to just assume someone will look into it for them, because at the end of the day it's their responsibility.
I'm happy to just ridicule screenshot posters and move on
People get excited over stuff and sometimes forget. Also, in the culture war, a lot of stuff gets permanently taken down so all there is, is a screenshot. I've been in that situation before where years after covid I'd be like "bro so and so posted X" and they've be like "SOURCE?!?!?" and I'd be like dude I literally saw it live when they posted and they'd be like SOURCE?!??! yet the person took down whatever they said so all I had was a screenshot. SOURCE?!?!?! Sometimes you've gotta trust.
this is why we archive when we can.
Archive lost a lawsuit and now has to take stuff down if requested to.