Taliban Members Fed Up With Office Work, Ready to Quiet Quit
time.com
A new report says some jihadists who transitioned to desk jobs after the Taliban’s takeover are tired of the 9-to-5.

Time magazine: “we don’t know how yet, but we’re gonna find a way to link the rise of fascism and avocado toast”

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    The article is largely good quality but what even is this:

    “We couldn’t destroy the Taliban, but office work destroyed the Taliban,” said one Tiktoker, reviewing articles and quotes from the report.

    It doesn’t even name the person. Just cherry picked some random quip from social media and pasted it into the body.

    • BadlyDrawnRhino @aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Editor: The article is great! All we need now is a quote from social media and we can publish.

      Journalist: We haven’t been able to find anything suitable, everyone thinks this story is satire.

      Editor: Then just post one yourself and then quote that! But don’t reference your name, that’ll be a dead giveaway.

    • El Barto@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been hating this since Twitter became a thing. I used to read BBC news articles for (seemingly) good quality reporting, and then they started quoting random twitter users. Like, who gives a fuck?