• thantik@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Did you miss the part where I said

    I mean, don’t get me wrong – I don’t think their stuff should be destroyed either, I’m just saying they aren’t exactly arguing from a strong point.

    ?

    I am not condoning this shit. I’m saying Aljazeera is a hypocrite. They are the propaganda arm of Saudis.

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      9 months ago

      AJ is still a credible news source. Do you think Al Jazeera is pro Christian or Jewish sites getting destroyed? Because I’ve never seen them be. So how are they hypocritical by reporting on Israel destroying hundreds of cultural sites in Palestine?

      From MBFC:

      In review, Al Jazeera reports news with minimally loaded wording in their headlines and articles such as this: UN approves team to monitor ceasefire in Yemen’s port city, and Erdogan delays Syria operation, welcomes US troop withdrawal. Both of these articles are properly sourced from credible news agencies. When reporting USA news, there is minimal bias in reporting such as this: Pentagon chief Mattis quits, cites policy differences with Trump. In general, straight news reporting has a minimal bias; however, as a state-funded news agency, Al Jazeera is typically not critical of Qatar.

      Al Jazeera also has an opinion page that exhibits significant bias against Israel. In this article, the author uses highly negative emotional words as evidenced by this quote: “Europe is increasingly sharing Israel’s racist approach to border security and adopting its deadly technologies.” This article, however, is properly sourced from credible media outlets. Another article, “How many more ways can Israel sentence Palestinians to death?” also uses loaded language that is negative toward Israel. Further, the opinion page does not favor US President Donald Trump through this article: ‘Barbed wire-plus‘: Borders know no love. In general, opinion pieces are routinely biased against Israel and right-wing ideologies.

      And the two articles that failed fact checks were an article about India and an article about South Africa both in 2018.

      Here’s another metric for bias and credibility

      https://adfontesmedia.com/al-jazeera-bias-and-reliability/

      Ad Fontes Media rates Al Jazeera (website) in the Skews Left category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability.

      When it comes to Qatar, India, or Africa then AJ is not a good source to turn to. I think it’s fair to not go to AJ for any news on Saudi Arabia, but these AJ reports are about Palestine from on-the-ground reporting.