The New York Times published a story about how Starlink was impacting a remote Amazon tribe, mentioning some members sharing porn. Other outlets sensationalized it as addiction, prompting NYT to debunk the claims. The story highlighted the tribe's access to internet benefits and challenges.
The New York Times Misrepresented An Amazonian Tribe To Attack @ElonMusk READ IT: https://t.co/zL6rgK2IVS https://t.co/sNSGB7x7hX
The New York Times Misrepresented An Amazonian Tribe To Attack Elon Musk READ IT: https://t.co/zL6rgK2IVS https://t.co/BbIBU6jIae
Honestly it’s healthy that within days of a remote Amazon tribe getting the internet the New York Times is writing lies about them. Welcome to the real world, buckos. This is how it works. https://t.co/kXy34MvYtY
I wrote about the NY Times Starlink-in-the-Amazon saga. What struck me is the framing that they are getting internet access and all of its associated benefits and evils all at once. But Marubo ppl have been using the internet outside the forest for years https://t.co/ltITSLM5Ll https://t.co/YivEFo4obK
NYT wrote a story about Starlink + tribe, which mentioned some members sharing porn. Other outlets sensationalized that part, saying they were “addicted.” NYT then wrote a story debunking those articles. But don’t let facts get in the way of your narrative! NYT bad! Elon good! https://t.co/4YegE8xjeS
Just amazing to see the lack of reading comprehension and critical thought here, and its subsequent amplification. The truth: The NYT wrote a nuanced story looking at how Starlink was affecting the everyday life of a remote tribe in the Amazon, the good and the bad and… https://t.co/zdbFFGCgU6
How The New York Post, TMZ, and 100+ other sites around the world distorted a NYT story to claim that a remote Amazon tribe got addicted to porn due to Starlink (@jacknicas / New York Times) https://t.co/RaT6IvroPW https://t.co/ZXHrH5QaIj
Worth re-upping this thread. If you see folks on here today railing against NYT who have no grasp of what happened (like @elonmusk or @ana_analytics_ ), then share this thread with them: https://t.co/Ns5FQWkgLt