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Re:On Facebook, Denying Russian Atrocities in Bucha Is More ... by thedeadfish on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:29AM (#31107145)
It takes years to build up trust but a single lie to destroy it. The Western mainstream media is rather biased and often misrepresents the truth, occasionally outright lying, but as we know even a single lie is enough to permanently destroy trust. So at this point even when they tell the truth nobody believes it, and many people often believe the exact opposite of what they say.
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Re:On Facebook, Denying Russian Atrocities in Bucha Is More ... by sofixa on Thursday April 21, 2022 @05:51AM (#31107541)
> The Western mainstream media

The mere fact anyone lumps all of the various outlets together indicates they have no idea what they're talking about, have a terrible bias themselves and aren't a reliable source of anything. Seriously, if you think that The Economist, Le Figaro, Fox, The Guardian, FT, Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Le Canard Enchaîné, Reuters, etc. have the same bias and "misrepresent" the truth as a policy, on purpose and in the same direction, you're out of your goddamn mind.

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