News Sources!

Nightcity
Nightcity Community member Posts: 2,413 Championing
edited September 13 in Community noticeboard

Hey everyone.

I notice a large amount of people reading articles from websites such as

Birmingham Live, Wales online etc.

Please be aware these sites are clickbait sites who share speculation, scaremongering and alarmist tripe.

If the site has "live" "record" "online" in the title and follows an areas name, you can automatically avoid and dismiss it to save yourself a lot of distress and anxiety.

They are all networked and likely the same people, they re word the articles slightly and update the date and spin it out repeatedly.

Please give yourself the peace of mind you deserve and boycott these sites.

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  • egister
    egister Posts: 506 Empowering

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_plc

  • Nightcity
    Nightcity Community member Posts: 2,413 Championing

    Should be ashamed of themselves tbh.

    But like politicians it's always about money any greed.

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 4,381 Online Community Team

    There are definitely some dubious websites out there @Nightcity. Some of them are notorious for causing a lot of stress posting articles that are written for clicks.

    It's always worth double checking any source of information to make sure what you're reading is correct and not just there for clicks and ad revenue. Anything to do with government policy should be backed up with real information somewhere on the government website and will likely be covered by more of the reputable news websites.

    I'd hate to think how many people have been affected by clickbait articles about things that aren't quite true or are taken out of context, it's awful.

  • whistles
    whistles Community member Posts: 1,789 Championing

    I notice BL is spreading news that people can claim a hardship payment.

    Why are they not had up for fake news?

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,349 Online Community Team
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/935578#Comment_935578

    Hey @whistles, do you mind emailing community@scope.org.uk or messaging it to @Community_Scope if you have a link to that article?

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