Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story (www.timesofisrael.com)

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[-] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“If you decide to go with your ego and not with your head, you are leaving behind dozens of wealthy people from all over the world who will know that you performed market manipulation and stole from them. They know who you are, you don’t know who they are. It took them less than 5 minutes to find out exactly where you live … how often you see your lovely parents … and exactly who your … brothers and sisters are.”

So the guy threatening the journalist to change his story so the gambler can make money isn't market manipulation, but the journalist not changing his story is....

What scary about this, and it was mentioned in the article, is how future stories by less than ethical "journalist" can be purchased so that one side can become rich. Fuck accuracy it's all about the money.

Well it's not like that is already the case with social media, but I would like to think there is at least some aspect of reporting that is based in ethics and truth.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Polymarket is one of many direct evidence of the impending fall of society.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

It's one of those things that would seem excessive in a story.

A place so decadent that everything was to bet for. Even as the world ended around them, they gambled on how.

[-] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's the real life version of the intro to Cyberpunk 2077, with the radio host talking about bets on the death toll in Night city.

[-] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Cyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual!

But seriously, I've lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 12 points 3 weeks ago

Oh yeah, it is messed up and doesnt even cover the section where apparently another journalist the writer knows was bribed to try and coerce the flow of information to get that win. It basically confirms that there is already a willing lack of integrity somewhere to think it would work here.

A few hours later, a colleague from another media outlet messaged me. He said that someone he knew asked him to ask me to change the report on the missile impact in Beit Shemesh, and that it would be “negligible” for me if I did make the change.

Going further, the acquaintance even offered the journalist compensation, from his winnings, if he managed to convince me to change my report.

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