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Because the fact that it is relayed by a pro-putin newspaper is significant. This was is also an information war, so analysing who reports the news is almost as
by IMTDb 5y ago
Because the fact that it is relayed by a pro-putin newspaper is significant.
This was is also an information war, so analysing who reports the news is almost as important as what is reported.
- riffic 5y agoTASS is a news agency, like Reuters or AP, not a newspaper. While it's significant, it's also propaganda. At the very least, WP has a policy to maintain a neutral point of view and to only put things on the site which can be reliably sourced. We should be sensitive to the power of a site like this in relaying harmful propaganda.
- MichaelBurge 5y agoHarmful propaganda is good and informative if even it confirms the ship sunk. If Ukraine or some US news agency announced it, I wouldn't believe it. But now even Russia is admitting it - so it's as good as confirmed to me that Ukraine sank their ship.
- riffic 5y agothis shouldn't be linked directly to from HN. Let others report what TASS is reporting.