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To think live streaming cities of countries involved in war is ghoulish voyeurism?

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alwaysupforanap · 18/06/2025 16:14

I've been sitting in a waiting room for a few hours, during which time Sky news has been on. For all that time, bar a few minutes of trump or downing street, it's been showing a live feed on Tehran on one side, and Jerusalem on the other.

Now I actually think it's a really positive thing (wrong wording but you get what I mean) that social media has allowed an insight into atrocities and the human impact and allows people to make informed decisions on how they feel about issues (propaganda and fake news aside)

But... They're chomping at the bit hoping to be able to stream a missile strike aren't they? This isn't about showing what happened, it's about actively waiting for something terrible to happen so that they can be the first to show it in real time, and that feels really uncomfortable and ghastly and inhumane... surely I'm not alone in thinking this?

(This isn't a thread about the current middle east conflict, nor which side is right (or, less wrong), it's about the principle in general)

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alwaysupforanap · 18/06/2025 16:15

Obviously as soon as I posted this they've changed to an on the hour news update...

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Sassysoonwins · 18/06/2025 16:19

I'm not sure which way to vote because I'm glad we have social media so the msm can only shown what supports their narrative but I know what you mean by the palpable excitement of some posters.

alwaysupforanap · 18/06/2025 16:21

So am I, like I say I think it's really important for those impacted to be able to document whats happening, it's just the... Pre disaster angle I guess? It's now gone back to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (I'm sure it was Tehran earlier), no context just images of the cities

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alwaysupforanap · 18/06/2025 17:27

I am genuinely curious as to why some have voted that I am unreasonable

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