• @[email protected]
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    -124 days ago

    It’s true that it’s biased in favor of Israel, but I’d say a biased headline isn’t as bad as a misleading one which isn’t as bad as a lie.

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      324 days ago

      It’s misleading by being biased in favor of the IDF who are notorious for being fundamentally dishonest at all times including this one.

      So congratulations, you got your triumvirate of shoddy journalism right here.

      • @[email protected]
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        124 days ago

        I don’t think it works that way, it can be at different places on the scale. The other OP headlines are worse than the NYT one because they directly imply the “pre-emptive” claim is true, as opposed to indirectly implying it by choosing to reference the perspective of the IDF.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          224 days ago

          I don’t think it works that way

          It does.

          The other OP headlines are worse

          That’s irrelevant. Things don’t magically go from bad to good just because a worse version of the same thing exists.

          they directly imply the “pre-emptive” claim is true, as opposed to indirectly implying it by choosing to reference the perspective of the IDF.

          Only difference is how sneaky they are about it. The bias they’re deliberately trying to spread is the same.

          • @[email protected]
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            123 days ago

            Quality of journalism isn’t a binary based on whether it is propagandizing for the correct side.

              • @Warl0k3
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                023 days ago

                … But they said that. They were reiterating their point.

                  • @Warl0k3
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                    -123 days ago

                    But that wasn’t a strawman argument like you accused them of…? I don’t understand why you think you should be able to harass people but then yourself be free from even polite criticism, even in the replies to a comment thread where someone may genuinely not notice your username (sorry) in a connected thread 8 comments away.