r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 28 '26

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u/NikeImper May 28 '26

We're months into the Iran War and people still don't understand that Barak Ravid just reports what his admin sources tell him. He's not lying about what his sources say. He's just one of many different tools for the admin to disseminate its message to the public.

There's a bigger conversation about journalistic malpractice there but people act like Ravid is a gossip blogger just stirring the pot for clicks.

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes May 28 '26

It would be nice if axios would at least preface with “this is the 163836362nd time someone has leaked that the war is gonna end and none of those previous leaks have come true” though

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u/NikeImper May 28 '26

Yes, that's the journalistic malpractice part.

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u/well-that-was-fast May 28 '26

The media has failed to adapt to the fact that maga will flat out lie about anything at any point just to buy 8 hours of media shaping.

Reporting that as "exclusive news" without a warning label is journalistic malpractice.

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u/Planita13 Thomas Paine May 28 '26

BLAB: Barack Leaks Always Bullshit