• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The next court date has been set for February 21.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/us/luigi-mangione-arraignment-new-york/index.html

    As much as I’d like to believe it’s a conspiracy, news organizations make money from clicks. There isn’t much for them to monetize between now and February 21, so they’re focusing on more immediate stuff.

    If they can get good photos and text from the next court date, Luigi will get more coverage.

    Edit: there have been like five plane crashes, one US inauguration, and major US wildfires since his last court date.

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    3 months ago

    What would the news headline be?

    Luigi Still In Custody While Waiting For Hearing

    or

    Mangione’s Attorneys Presumably Working Hard

    or

    Brian Thompson Still Dead

    News doesn’t tend to report when things are the same as they were yesterday. If his lawyers aren’t talking to the press, and the prosecutors aren’t talking to the press, and the trial won’t start for another month, what exactly are the reporters going to report on?

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      3 months ago

      I would love to see the headlines if this was the norm.

      President Carter Still Dead, We Confirmed

      Obama Not President, Maybe Enjoying Retirement?

      Epstein’s Suicide Not Being Investigated

      Actually any headline of something not happening sounds super suspicious lol

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      3 months ago

      I didn’t even notice until your comment. That’s such a weird image to have an AI make; how hard is it to google ‘billboard in a city or whatever’ and run with the first result?

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        3 months ago

        Not that hard at all. Though these days a lot of Google images results are also AI generated. I’m not even sure if the image above is real or not.