“CEO said a thing!” journalism is now utterly pervasive, and includes parroting billionaire and CEO claims with a total disregard for whether or not anything being said is actually true.

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    The SpaceX launch/landing videos with people cheering wildly the whole time always annoyed the shit out of me. I’m watching a documentary on Apollo 11 and you don’t hear people constantly cheering in the control rooms. Like, they had actual work to do.

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      10 days ago

      How dare those engineers who made one of the greatest strides in rocketry in decades celebrate a successful launch and landing.