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[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Once you realize it, you see it in every single al jazeera story. The weaponize sympathy for Palestinians to boost their comprador bullshit and subimperialism. Fuck the gulf states AND their media outlets.

Al Jazeera literally created a fake tripoli set to signal boost/ justify intervention in Libya if you need just one example to dismiss their comprador asses. They actually don't even give that big of a shit when their journalists are murdered by the imperialists outside of a slight show of disappointment. Fuck them.

Fucking native informants, both literally and figuratively.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have found Al Jazeera to generally present a much more honest depiction of conflicts in west Asia than any US newscorp. Sure it isn't perfect and keeping in mind that it is run by a qatari royal is important but it is still useful right?

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 day ago

It depends. A lot of their reporting is indeed solid but that's part of their strategy: to gain credibiity with good reporting so that they can have the trust of the masses in the Middle East (and the Arab diaspora) for when they do lie and spread imperialist propaganda (like they did against Gaddafi, Assad, and even against China with regards to Xinjiang iirc).

[–] GaryLeChat@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 day ago

It really depends on what is being reported but ye, overall they are happier to report on things other news agencies are not.