The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse - eviltoast

Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The number of those news outlets is shrinking, though. It used to be that every city had a local paper with real news. Now they’re all part of a media conglomerate and do the bare minimum of actual journalism.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      support NPR and it’s journalism across the US. Support your local station. And support local papers (not ganett rags and conglomerates).