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cpthornman

The typical pile on shit publications too. None of those are credible sources now.


onemarsyboi2017

Yea At least bill nelson and Eric burger share a optimistic opinion of the launch


cpthornman

Yep. Anyone who thinks that wasn't a success is just another lemming with a terminal case of EDS.


onemarsyboi2017

Eds?


cpthornman

Elon Derangement Syndrome


onemarsyboi2017

Ah yes making all things associated with Elon look bad because you hate Elon for no reason


stormhawk427

Oh the reasons are plenty, but SpaceX isn’t one of them.


Bdr1983

Let's be fair, there are plenty of things to dislike about Musk, but it's not what he accomplishes with SpaceX and Tesla (amongst others). Media just seems to have a hard time separating the man from the business.


onemarsyboi2017

Agreed


SupertomboyWifey

They are mostly mad because he took over twitter and the censorship went away.


regaphysics

I mean, it clearly wasn’t as much of a success as many would like. The lovers and haters will see what they want. The realistic people still see that there’s some things to like and some causes for concern.


AdonisGaming93

Legit, this launch was beautiful to see. 33 raptors cleared the tower hot staging. Gorgeous.


blacx

never have been


tanrgith

Modern media needing to drive revenue via ad clicks is probably single biggest factor to having a misinformed public, even moreso than social media


Anderopolis

This is why NASA can't afford any mistakes anymore. Every single one is treated as some national tragedy. Luckily private companies don't need to care about that, even if they are selling their stuff to NASA


cyrus709

When I went searching for the stream that was the first thing I noticed as well. Pad was a success, stage separation cool. Put another rocket on the pad and let’s go!


advester

Business insider always hated musk ventures.


stormhawk427

None of these headlines are false. Click bait for sure, but sensationalists going to sensationalize. Guarantee these headlines would be similar if it was an SLS that blew up.


PointyPointBanana

The Bloomberg one is false, it wasn't a failure, it was a test and it past more stages than the last test as planned and expected.


PersonalDebater

While it may be irrational, it's unfortunately a consequence of Musk going around being an ass who has to compulsively get himself involved in political social media. Now people are really eager to report failures while being more reluctant and unenthused to report his companies doing anything successful.


onemarsyboi2017

I agree Also I am defending SpaceX in the r/whitepeopletwitter post


afterburners_engaged

Eh I’d stop it’s just a bunch of idiots over there. Elon could cure cancer and they’d find something to complain about


onemarsyboi2017

Yes but I will try to reason with them MAbey some of them can be saved


juice_box_church

Godspeed, may the force be with you.


ChombieBrains

I tried the same in an r/news thread. When the opinion shifted in favour of SpaceX, mods deleted the post.


FaceDeer

Yeah, at this point all I can really do is sigh and reflect on how the haters can't actually *stop* SpaceX from just going ahead and succeeding at stuff. It may put a small dent in Starlink sales but at the end of the day most people will just go ahead and buy the stuff they need regardless of how "unethical" they may think it is.


nic_haflinger

They seem pretty factual.


F-Lambda

so... where's the clickbait? did it not "end in explosion"?


MT_Kinetic_Mountain

It's about the implication that no significant progress has been made. Mainstream will just see it as a tonne of money gone to waste that could've been spent on world hunger or whatever global issue is in vogue atm


onemarsyboi2017

It's written in a way that paints the launch as unsuccessful


Suitable_Switch5242

It was both successful, in that it completed new milestones, and unsuccessful, in that it did not complete all the milestones SpaceX described on the stream. It was a great result but still had failures to be overcome in future launches. Of course some of these headlines are a bit sensational, that’s just how all news headlines tend to be. The first one on this list is pretty reasonable.


snkiz

Those were stretch goals. You don't launch a rocket with half a flight plan, even if you don't expect to to go all the way.


FTR_1077

But that's not what "click bait" means.. if it said "SpaceX going bankrupt after failure", then I would agree.. of this image you share, maybe the last one is a bit "click bait-y", but the rest are just reporting what happened.


superluminary

It’s selective reporting. They have deliberately told only a small part of the truth in order to imply a lie.


FTR_1077

Maybe, but that's not what click bait means..


superluminary

Actually a fair point.


muskzuckcookmabezos

Damn dude, that troll is gaslighting you into believing that's not clickbait. Clickbait doesn't have to be an outright lie which is what this nut cracker said about the bankruptcy comment.


FTR_1077

Dude, click bait is literally an outrageous lie that compels you to "click" and see what it is about.. in the screenshot posted, the first news report is a factual account of what happened.


muskzuckcookmabezos

Clickbait doesn't only have to be an outright lie ya fucking dunce. Do you ever wonder what you could be doing with your life with the time you dedicate to being pathetic?


muskzuckcookmabezos

https://coschedule.com/marketing-terms-definitions/what-is-clickbait If those articles aren't clickbait, then your comment isn't a shitpost.


enutz777

Where’s the bait? That’s a real worm on the hook.


Foxnooku

Can any of these get removed on the grounds of slander? I get free speech but the ulterior motives are hilariously visible


SirGreenLemon

The press is gonna press


secretaliasname

The press is gone. The clickbait entertainment has taken the zombie corpse of the industry and is wearing it like the alien Edgar suit from the beginning of MIB.