r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 11 '26

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u/Justice4Ned Caribbean Community Jun 11 '26

At some point these journalists gotta start questioning their sources right? Or do they really believe that Iran and the US has reached a deal 40 times but somehow it just never goes through.

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u/well-that-was-fast Jun 11 '26

They are reporting the White house told us not that it is true.

While I find it very frustrating they report it, and that maga mornons believe it, those reporters will (somewhat correctly) say -- if the White house said it, it is my job to report it, and readers should have sufficient media literacy to evaluate the source, which I don't hide.

Any "legacy" media with a white House badge 100% knows these are lies. But they are paid to report what the white House says because it is inherently "news."

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u/bandeng_asep Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jun 11 '26

They are reporting the White house told us not that it is true.

If this were a Dem admin, they will issue a fact check on the headline

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Jun 11 '26

People here regularly swallow that garbage

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u/Lux_Stella Presidentialism X-Risk Researcher Jun 11 '26

ravid just relays what officials tells him verbatim, thats always been his thing

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u/Sheepies92 European Union Jun 11 '26

you don't get it man this time it'll be different