• Phegan@lemmy.world
    102·
    4 months ago

    First of all, that makes sense, as if the media is saying two things that conflict with another, praise the one that is backed up by urban studies and the other IS spin

    Second of all, a large section of media is paid ads in disguise.

    I would recommend upping your media literacy as it helps you distinguish between spin and not spin.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      81·
      4 months ago

      I am extremely in favor of bikes over cars but this commenter actually makes a valid point. I have noticed extremely shitty riding behavior on ebikes and there is no hope of any legislation to curb that behavior until we talk about it.

      In any case the tweet chose to not include any links to these articles.

    • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      Oh the media often goes both ways - in this case it appears that there are some issues that need resolving. Not everyone appreciates dodging bikes mounting the sidewalk, or doing an emergency stop when cyclists dismount the pavements without clear signaling - this is a problem for everyone but the person on the bike. Cars have their own issues, and those are widely covered.

      While I very much agree every media story has “spin” (be it unwarranted cynicism or blind optimism), I am fairly certain it is the same on both sides of this issue.

      Your point seems to be “all good things on bikes are backed up by studies, all bad things about bikes are big oil”, and that is quite simply the best validation of my post you could ever give. Thank you.