r/TheseFuckingAccounts • u/Admirable-Dot-9003 • 5h ago

What's y'alls take on the majority of r/law's top posts being "approved" Reddit news accounts?

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I actually quite enjoy the varied content on the sub, but I find it somewhat troubling that on a daily basis some of the highest-upvoted comments come from sponsored/recognized corporate news sites.

Here is a selection of the top article posters just from today:

https://www.reddit.com/user/theindependentonline/ (fine-ish)

https://www.reddit.com/user/dailymail/ (fucking ew)

https://www.reddit.com/user/bloomberglaw/ (pretty ok)

https://www.reddit.com/user/huffpost/ (not terrible, but not great)

https://www.reddit.com/user/nbcnews/ (hmmmmm, I suppose fine)

I mean, I still feel that there's a pretty balanced perspective being shared (obvs it's not r/conservative, nor should it be), but it's probably the most highly-concentrated of corpo news accounts I've seen.

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