Just a quick note, we’re seeing reports on this post complaining that it’s coming from Al Jazeera.
AJ is a left of center source and does tend to lean on loaded words, but they are not considered to be factually dishonest. Well, as long as it’s not about Qatar. They do have an obvious blind spot there.
"These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.
Overall, we rate Al Jazeera Left-Center biased, based on story selection that slightly favors the left, and Mixed for factual reporting due to failed fact checks that were not corrected and misleading extreme editorial bias that favors Qatar."
The reports were asking for removal because they consider AJ to be a propaganda source. I’m clarifying that we do not concurr and won’t be removing posts simply because they come from AJ.
Well, some are worse than others. :) We’re working on a list of unacceptable sources. Epoch Times, places like that. Regardless, AJ is not unacceptable.
Sure, but what differentiates “propaganda” from media that simply falls outside of the Western Overton window? Given the absolutely terrible coverage we’ve had of the Palestine-Israel conflict from supposedly “reliable” and “factual” Western sources (among other instances), it’s hard to argue that the Western Overton window represents “reality” so much as it represents “what’s acceptable.”
Just a quick note, we’re seeing reports on this post complaining that it’s coming from Al Jazeera.
AJ is a left of center source and does tend to lean on loaded words, but they are not considered to be factually dishonest. Well, as long as it’s not about Qatar. They do have an obvious blind spot there.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/al-jazeera/
"These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources.
Overall, we rate Al Jazeera Left-Center biased, based on story selection that slightly favors the left, and Mixed for factual reporting due to failed fact checks that were not corrected and misleading extreme editorial bias that favors Qatar."
It’s not pro Israel so it’s clearly biased and anti semitic. Delete it now.
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Don’t put your American Overton window on an international news source.
The reports were asking for removal because they consider AJ to be a propaganda source. I’m clarifying that we do not concurr and won’t be removing posts simply because they come from AJ.
All media is a propaganda source, either explicitly or implicitly. Calling for removal because of “propaganda” is nonsensical.
Well, some are worse than others. :) We’re working on a list of unacceptable sources. Epoch Times, places like that. Regardless, AJ is not unacceptable.
Sure, but what differentiates “propaganda” from media that simply falls outside of the Western Overton window? Given the absolutely terrible coverage we’ve had of the Palestine-Israel conflict from supposedly “reliable” and “factual” Western sources (among other instances), it’s hard to argue that the Western Overton window represents “reality” so much as it represents “what’s acceptable.”
Do you get a boner every time you mention the Western Overton window?
Yes
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