Post #2218575

2026-01-14 01:58 UTC

Just weird to say "I don't trust reporting from a state-influenced source. I'll wait until I hear reporting from media owned by a *different* state with an even more vested interest."

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@tonyn@lemmy.ml 2026-01-14 04:00

Everything is owned by someone. Al Jazeera leans left, and yes they're a state run media organization, but they're more factual than not according to ground news. Perhaps the reason Al Jazeera hasn't published the death toll is because they can't verify it and their journalistic integrity prevents them from echoing unverifiable rumors.

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@dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-14 09:49

Exposing yourself to propaganda, if you understand it's propaganda, is just another piece of data to anyone seriously trying to understand the situation. Propaganda exposes desire. Knowing that Al Jazeera is Qatari state media, one could want to hear what Qatar wants people to think is happening, and compare that to what western media wants you to think is happening, and compare that to other sources etc etc. Comparing propaganda against trusted and vetted sources exposes lies.

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