If it covers the same talking points, why not post it instead of destroying this community’s credibility with this rag?

Giving a garbo source the benefit of the doubt on an article-by-article basis just muddies the waters and gives an air of undeserved legitimacy to other things they publish.

Credibility and trust are built over time; throwing out a “look, THIS article is okay” every so often does not make them a credible source.

If the facts are solid, then there should be at least one other reputable source reporting on them. If only a sensationalist rag is covering it, maybe ask why that is.

I notice you aren’t disputing the facts here, just the source.

This is the same argument I’ve seen used by people trying to legitimize Fox News and RT, BTW.

It’s not what you’re posting but where you’re posting it from and their track record. Post it from a less biased, less sensationalized, more reputable source and I would guess those complaints will largely go away.

Nobody complains when I post one of thousands of fact checks

Those have all been from credible sources.

Put them in the body. I’ll downvote every archive link used the post url because it obfuscates the source.

Yes, those are called “Opinions / Editorials / Letters to the Editor” et al. Both News and WorldNews have rules against opinion articles as well.

I explained that in another comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/14408131

As I understand it, yes, that is the intent of the policy. However, as-written and presumably as it is to be enforced for all mods LW-wide, it has wide-reaching implications with worse side-effects.

Basically, the proper tool is a scalpel and they brought out a machete.

I’ve been using this one a bit more during these federation backups. I can’t really adopt it as my daily driver, though. My home instance is the one I run, so I tend to favor it. lol

If my instance ever gets sync’d back up where I can interact in something approximating real-time, I may make that happen lol.

Oh, I was just lamenting that such a garbage post is contributing to the backlog because of the activities it generates (which LW has to federate out since its “owns” the community this was posted in). Basically a potshot at a low-effort, shit take of a post.

It’s a Lemmy thing. Basically latency limits the maximum number of activities that can be sent per second (they’re sent like TCP: serially, and each must be acknowledged). When LW has a LOT of activities to send out, they can get backlogged if there’s significant latency between LW and other federated servers.

That’s the gist of it, anyway.

Good lord, I can’t believe Lemmy World’s federation queue is backed up for so many other instances because of stupid shit like this.

OP, the wording of the post is very confusing. Would you mind perhaps editing the post to clarify your opinion?

Thanks!

I’ve seen this site get spammed in the past, but it’s been a few months. Guess they’re at it again.

That whole site is an unholy mixture of religion, conspiracy, and Elon Musk. It’s bonkers.

Basically if you see tiblur [dot] com, you can pretty much just report it as spam.

Is it weird that I read your reply in Frasier’s voice?

There’s an amazing bakery near me that’s like that. People have just kind of adapted, and it seems to work well for the business. They start at like 4 in the morning to bake everything they’re going to sell for the day, open at 7, and are pretty much always sold out by 10:30 or 11.

If I recall, I think they do a lot of catering, so the part of the shop that’s open to the public is kind of an afterthought. I’m never able to get there when they have the good stuff, but it’s an amazing treat when someone from the office stops by early in the morning and brings a box of something.

Rule 3 seems to be very unenforced lately 😠

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/hindustan-times/

MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY

Questionable Reasoning: Pseudoscience, Propaganda, Poor Sourcing, Numerous Failed Fact Checks
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: India
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MODERATE FREEDOM
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic

Yeah, I got that from the post, and I appreciate it. Which is why I’ve chosen to leave it up. It’s certainly an unpopular opinion based on the types of comments I’ve seen elsewhere, it’s not calling out anything specifically, and the message is important.

If you want to edit it to be more generic, that’d be cool. Otherwise, I’m just gonna watch to make sure the discussions/comments don’t go off the rails. When the new mod team took over, we all agreed we should leave politics at the door since it’s everywhere and sometimes you just need a reprieve.

Not sure where the line is for that, exactly, but I’m willing to allow some generic, good-faith discussion once in a while. May need to chat with the other mods to see how they feel about it.