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Maybe there isn't any solid evidence (yet) that Ruptures is a Russian fake news outlet but when I poked around their site[1] for all of ten minutes it certainly

Maybe there isn't any solid evidence (yet) that Ruptures is a Russian fake news outlet but when I poked around their site[1] for all of ten minutes it certainly seemed like it had the makings of one. So I can't say I blame twitter/their algorithm for flagging it as such. When I searched the names of their handful of journalists and editors many of them had made appearances in RT videos on YouTube and Facebook. If it walks like a duck and all... [1] For anyone curious: https://ruptures-presse.fr https://ruptures-presse.fr

colordrops 6y ago
> If it walks like a duck and all... then CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and NYT should be marked as state media as well by that measure.
sudosysgen 6y ago
A lot of people make appearances on RT. Would you ask that if a website had most of their reporters have appearances at some point for the BBC? Would you ask for The Intercept to be classified as state sponsored media? How about the Daily Wire? How about Fox News, MSNBC, CNN? You can't classify a media source as state sponsored simply because its editors agree with an alternative viewpoint. That is just ridiculous.