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[–] hayvan@piefed.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a Turkish person, I can confirm current state of AA is pretty much voice of the government. On internal matters they are more often than not the opposite of truth. On international matters they are a somewhat reliable mixed bag.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, you see, I trust the view of a Turkish person (whilst this being the Internet were everybody can "be" whatever they want, I'm chosing to trust you on being what you say you are).

What I don't trust is an American "press trust classifier" set-up by some random person, with obscure connections and which already has a long track record of profound political bias.

Being the one which decides which Press can be "trusted" and which cannot is a perfect place for a Propaganda op (if you think the Press is a great place for Propaganda, imagine how great a "Worldwide Press trust authority" is) to shape opinion in this era of open access to information in the Internet and which specifically targets newspapers when Social Media is by far the biggest playground for modern Propaganda, and this coming from a country with one of the least trusted Press environment in the World and which is known for regularly all kind of interestes doing this kind of shit (not just the apparatus of the state setting up "opinion shaping ops" but also ultra-rich setting up "think tanks" to push "studies" endorsing policies that favor them), just adds to the suspicion that this isn't just some pure soul who is trully worried about the evils of misinformation on the Internet.

That this specific forum - were people often get "moderated" as "anti-semites" for criticizing Israel - in this specific Lemmy server - were when I was a member of it and after heavilly criticizing Israel due to its actions in Palestine, I got an e-mail in the address I had used to register as a user of that server and which only server administrators could get from a group in Israel inviting me to a "learn about Israel" online conference - has endorsed this, further adds to my mistrust of this "worldwide press trust authority".

The relentless push for this "press trust authority" here has a deep stink of "opinion shaping".