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Surely one of the few .ml mods would ensure their posted links are credible right? Oh. Oh no.

This kind of content is regularly posted to .ml "news" comms along with other known propaganda outlets and conspiracy websites. It's the exact kind of content .ml admins @dessalines@lemmy.ml and @davel@lemmy.ml want to propagate and spread.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AReliable_sources%2FPerennial_sources

https://www.propastop.org/en/2020/12/01/eadaily-a-worker-bee-in-the-kremlins-information-war/

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/eurasia-daily-bias-and-credibility/

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@geneva_convenience.ml banned me from world news for disagreeing with a post cheering for Iran's strikes against Israel and called me a centerist for saying both regimes are pretty fucking evil. They also deleted all my references to the fact that the Iranian regime regularly and recently have executed people for the "sin" of being gay. Fucking disgraceful abuse of power. Prick.
- called me a centerist for saying both regimes are pretty fucking evil.
  That's... What? I want to ask so many questions, but I know none of them could ever be answered.
- So many of these dictators want men to not be gay, but then they go around taking all the most beautif women for their personal harem.
- Anti genocide crowd has a lot of these types...
  Pro Russia and pro Iran 🤡

If it fits the narrative, it doesn’t matter if it’s real or not. Apparently.
- It would be hilarious if it wasn't so damaging
  I have seen them, completely unironically, try to use a US State department link as evidence that the Uyghur genocide wasn't happening (Even though only it's title made it seem like that, if they had actually read it it concluded that it just wasn't the "kill everyone" kind of genocide, but the "kill their culture" kind)
  
  Even though only it's title made it seem like that, if they had actually read it it concluded that it just wasn't the "kill everyone" kind of genocide, but the "kill their culture" kind)
  Oh, so genocide.
  
  It’s funny because I’ve specifically gotten multiple removal reasons from Hexbear after saying something like. “I’d prefer to live in neither authoritarian China or the US”
  and I’ll get a removal reason like: “False. What credible sources have said the people’s republic is authoritarian? US State Department doesn’t count”.
  Which strikes me as super weird cuz I never mentioned the state department myself.
  Glad I’m on an instance without Hexbear, at this point.

i bet they're cheering Duda on right now, even though the guy is a far-right nutjob
- That'd be the most pathetic nationalist tankies ever cheered, leagues away from "Hero of the Soviet Union" Gamal Nasser.

I think it’s pretty credible if both sides are saying it and Duda did indeed say it.
The Kyiv Independent: 'If someone doesn't like it, we'll close it' — Poland's Duda calls out Ukraine, allies over attitudes toward key military aid hub

Well, .world has no high horse to sit on. I see Rawstory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#The_Raw_Story), Dailybeast, Mediaite or blue-check Twitter screenshots pretty much every time I open the front page.
Itjustwork's page actually seems better... Guess I'm on the wrong instance, heh.

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