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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 121 points 2 weeks ago (50 children)

News outlets are generally graded by their historical reputabilitiy. If you find yourself continuously fact checking it, maybe consider following a better news outlet (even if they publish more "boring" stories that aren't as "up to date"): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources

I would also love to see a better place for keeping news outlets accountable for their bad publishing actions. Wikipedia does, but it happens on discussion pages and it relies on human editors who know where those discussions happened to string it together

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (25 children)

LoL. I guess manufacturing consent for wars does absolutely nothing to harm their credibility. This list is dogshit.

The New York Times has been a full-throated government mouthpiece since at least 9/11. At this point, Teen Vogue has more credibility.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

This person thinks that Ukraine invaded Russia, FYI.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that doesn't make them wrong and the NYT

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

This person thinks that Ukraine invaded Russia, FYI.

[…] that doesn’t make them wrong […]

Nice catch of their strawman 😉

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