• frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Brandolini’s law moment.

    You want me to “hunt down” the DW background? I’ll do the labour if you do, ok?

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      1 day ago

      I know the DW background, I live in the country they’re based in. I’m asking if you know the background of the source you use.

      Also, still waiting for anti-vax source.

      • 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.dev
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        21 hours ago

        On 11 May 2021, Fact-checker First Draft News found that Chinese- and Cantonese-language versions of Radio Free Asia (RFA) published anti-vaccine misinformation regarding the Chinese vaccines, particularly the ones manufactured by Sinopharm and Sinovac. The investigation found the RFA articles amplified misleading claims about the vaccine programs, and its stories were reprinted by popular tabloid newspapers to reinforce the anti-vaccine misinformation.

        From Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia See the controversies section.

      • TurtleOnASkateboard@lemmy.ml
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        20 hours ago

        The point made was probably that it is ironic you wold use them as a source for RFA being government-founded insinuating that makes them inherently biased.

        He didn’t claim that tho? DW started being discussed here – https://lemmy.world/comment/14345095 – where it talks about Trump/Biden hiring/firing staff at US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

        Are you saying Trump/Biden did not in fact hire/fire staff at US Agency for Global Media (USAGM)?? Coz that’s the only reason you’d bring up DW’s credibility. Otherwise you’re just diverting.

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          13 hours ago

          DW started being discussed here – https://lemmy.world/comment/14345095

          It was first mentioned as a reply to that comment. It was first being discussed here :https://feddit.org/comment/4011934

          He didn’t claim that tho? They are insinuating it. Why else would you mention that in a reply to a comment asking to prove a lack of credibility.

          Trump/Biden did not in fact hire/fire staff at US Agency for Global Media (USAGM)

          In the linked DW-article it says the administration hired/fired stuff. Which is arguably different then them doing it directly, although that is a bit pedantic I guess. My main point is that that alone does not makes RFA an unreliable source. I am using DW as an example because it exists in a similiar framework (directly appointed by a government administration) and yet is credible.

          • TurtleOnASkateboard@lemmy.ml
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            5 hours ago

            In the linked DW-article it says the administration hired/fired stuff. Which is arguably different then them doing it directly, although that is a bit pedantic I guess

            Look the the headline of the thread we are in. It begins KIM JONG-UN BANS HOTDOGS