A man suspected of a string of crimes, including taking someone hostage and firing a gun at three family members, was fatally shot by police Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
I'm 100% not in favor of making a rule that censors it. Like you say, sometimes other sources aren't available anyway. I just think that if you're going to post it, you should caption it explaining why. We had a struggle a few days ago over some crime stats that was a bit like this.
At no point did I say it should be mandatory, or that people should be made to. But we should make efforts to contextualize posts when we make them. I don't think the poster is pro-cop either.
Pretty sure this is a place that won't just suck down whatever narrative the MSM is pushing, and sometimes MSM is the only choice for a story.
Censoring or limiting media options would just end up in a shity struggle session.
I'm 100% not in favor of making a rule that censors it. Like you say, sometimes other sources aren't available anyway. I just think that if you're going to post it, you should caption it explaining why. We had a struggle a few days ago over some crime stats that was a bit like this.
Captions should not be mandatory for allowed sources or enough people will complain that we will have to have captions for all sources.
There is simply no reason to presume the poster of a MSM news article here is pro-cop and would need to explain a news post from MSM.
Making people "explain themselves' for posting MSM is ridiculous.
At no point did I say it should be mandatory, or that people should be made to. But we should make efforts to contextualize posts when we make them. I don't think the poster is pro-cop either.
Yeah, people should post in any story they post as a rule of netiquette going way back, but it is not going to happen every time.
Having a struggle over it is just going to result in less posts.
I mean, I wasn't trying to start a struggle here. I guess I should have known it might come off that way, though. :shrug-outta-hecks: