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lapucelle

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10. AP wrote a clickbait headline based on the word of the propaganda arm of a terrorist organization

Reply to Igel (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:46 PM

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without even qualifying the the *information* with the simple word "report". Since when does the AP accept the word of a propaganda outlet at face value?

Something was reported by the well-funded *media* arm of an extremist, theocratic terrorist organization, and AP uncritically transcribed the *information* without the requisite qualifications that one would expect from a respected news source. They should be ashamed.

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