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    5 months ago

    INFORMATION ACCURACY WARNING: This is a New York Times (“NYT”) article. Proceed with skepticism

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      5 months ago

      A story is only as good as its sources. I take NYT coverage on Israel/Hamas with a grain of salt because a lot of information comes directly from the IDF. NYT coverage though of peace talks, or domestic issues, is completely different. Even then, I’m usually skeptical of their polling methodology.

      A better information accuracy warning would be to take nothing as absolute truth and critically examine their bias and sources. Because I guarantee, there is no publication that an information accuracy warning wouldn’t apply to. I’ve seen progressive publications do a bad job at this too.

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        5 months ago

        Yes! Agreed. Yours is the only sane, thoughtful, realistic response— and I thank you for it. Upvoted 👍

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      I’d apologise bc I haven’t even read the article, but it IS the nyt so who knows who paid for this article to be published

      *paid as in actual cash, favours, golf tee times, yacht party invites, private jet use, etc