Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It

Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by psergeant on Monday January 22, 2018 @11:26PM (#16210991)

I suspect RT and Sputnik both will be able to provide a wealth of similar viewpoints

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by anticodon on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:33AM (#16211276)

So, how can be US propaganda from NYT any better? I understand that for people living in the US it's easier to believe in because it always says: "We bomb half of the world and spy on all the world just because we want to give everybody democracy and happy life". But that doesn't make it objective and true.

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by psergeant on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:54AM (#16211342)

It seems odd to conflate a freely owned news source that’s seen as public enemy number one by the executive branch with Russian state news sources. Looking forward to those RT and Sputnik op-eds criticising Putin!

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by anticodon on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:58AM (#16211359)

For the news source being freely owned might be a necessary condition to be objective but it is definitely not sufficient.

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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by psergeant on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:03AM (#16211377)

Sure. That’s why a hundred years of vigorously criticising the government is important to take into account.

Also: your comment history seems unusually political when it comes to Russia.

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