The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting

Re:The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting by elil17 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @08:20AM (#48731682)

Yes, they're a legitimate news organization. They are partially funded by the EU government.

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Re:The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting by breppp on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @09:16AM (#48732347)

Since when having a government fund your news organization is a good sign for legitimacy

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Re:The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting by erikerikson on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @09:47AM (#48732719)

PBS put out a lot of fantastic content. Sesame Street, Nova, Frontline, Nature, Reading Rainbow, News Hour...

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Re:The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting by buellerbueller on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @10:44AM (#48733425)

Seems no better or worse than having privately funded news these days.

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Re:The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting by elil17 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:43PM (#48736335)

Well I would say that in this context legitimate means are they accepted by European society as "real journalists." The fact that the European government funds them does indicate that they aren't viewed by society as random crackpot bloggers.

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