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Originally Posted by Firebot
Some of the headlines. This is just in the past 24 hours alone.
So...a few notable mainstream media outlets has been parroting Kremlin propaganda since the start of the war, but none have been as blatant as Reuters.
Does some media not care about journalistic integrity or it is simply about getting clicks? If someone said it and it's being reported on, that makes it ok even if it's a complete lie? Feels like absolutely shoddy and lazy journalism.
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There is nothing wrong with what Reuters is doing here. They're reporting what Russia says not as fact, but as what Russia says.
Western democracies' responses to Russia are partially determined by their citizens, through voting and communication with their representatives. Should those citizens not be informed about Russian positions?
It's not shoddy, nor lazy. This is what unbiased news looks like. Straight facts (Person X said "Y" is a fact, even if "Y" is false), no censorship for political goals. Not even political goals we support.
Furthermore, Reuters is a newswire. One of their key roles is to break news to other journalists. Should they be kept in the dark too?