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Right, so you'd ignore the NYT on Isreal. Yeah? Or when Al Jazeera defends Qatar.
Why don't you feel the same way about Russia Today... on Russia?
Reaching a conclusion is not a failure of critical thinking skills; it's what they're for. You're not just allowed to recognize consistent bullshit - you're expected to.
I was especially talking about blocking lemmy instances, but wasn‘t very clear on that. I‘m with you. Their conclusion was to block the goof‘s instance. By your logic then, they‘d have to stop consuming media period.
If you really don't understand the difference between a news organization with which you disagree and a state actor in all but name, that's on you.
It's a state actor in name.
This feels like one of my trailer park boys exchanges:
Julian: Ricky, do you know how stupid you sound right now?
Ricky: Yes I do!
Thanks for the giggles.
You might wanna skim this thread for a second read on what you think I think.