I’ve had this reply in my head for some time, simply because there’s just something about what you said that feels off.
And I think it’s because of the implicit assumption in your post that because “mainstream media” has failed you, the alternative of Xitter is somehow better. And yet, that’s going off the basis that it permits alternative voices to be heard.
Perhaps that might be the case with a hypothetical free (as in uncontrolled) blogging platform. However, there exists no such thing. @Livvy’s post from today reminds us of this important fact. Nor is what information spreads wholly unbiased, by the algorithmic nature of how the platform displays content to people.
Simply because modern “journalism” is in a dire state doesn’t mean the alternatives are better. To reuse your example, if the French government was paying Musk off, or if the far-right had been in power, do you think the news about Paris would have spread?
In this case, it’s not exactly as though it’s a neutral platform you’re championing. You’re literally championing the platform of an actual fascist. Who has had repeated evidence of manipulating the platform for his own petty personal goals, let alone political goals. Sure, the BBC might now be institutionally corrupt (in the sense of deviation from an “ideal” journalism), but you’re taking the side of something far worse, which is mind-boggling to me.
Not to mention that we’ve already seen, especially in recent weeks on here, how much bullshit and lies are spread on that platform. A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on, after all. The past few weeks should have demonstrated that your whole approach depends on there being people who have the resources and the determination to invest time into debunking that crap. But the amount of time it takes to paste a single link as opposed to investing the time to research and write up a post to debunk it shows how asymmetric that is.
Information warfare is literally taking place, and such an attitude just enables it.