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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The telegraph reports on the leaked cables from wikileaks which confirm that diplomats had no reason to believe a massacre was happening, if you're going to debatelord at least pretend you finished reading.

'even tory shitheads have given up on this line, why are 'leftists' pushing it?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would anyone give a shit what tories value or dont value? They dont trade in facts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the british conservative party, famous fans of the Communist Party of China, who are well known for pushing pro-china news stories

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesnt matter if theyre pro or anti anything. They just dont deal in fact.

They dont stop pushing a narrative because it turned out to be false, they stop if they think it wont bring immediate monetary gains.

What the tories talk about is a measure of what the current grift is for quick cash, not what stories are factual or inaccurate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The fact that the Tories are reporting on it doesn't make it a measure of if it's true or not- they're reporting on something from wikileaks which directly contradicts the entire western narrative. They're certainly not doing it because it's ideologically consistent with their goals.

Media and news reporting is going to be heavily filtered by what advertisers will tolerate- which isn't necessarily going to be factual or accurate either.