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June 22 (Reuters) - Reuters denied on Saturday that it had reported that Israel would attack Lebanon within 48 hours, after reports circulated on social media citing the news agency as saying this.

"Any claims that Reuters reported that Israel will attack Lebanon within the next 48 hours are false. Reuters did not report this," a Reuters spokesperson said.

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[-] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 20 points 2 months ago

People faked loads of shit regarding what Israel did or didn't. These fake news aren't really a new thing. Interesting that they now say reuters said something they just didn't...

[-] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

Reuters – Bias and Credibility

Bias Rating: Least Biased


Factual Reporting: Very High


Country: United Kingdom


MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: Mostly Free


Media Type: News Agency


Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic


MBFC Credibility Rating: High Credibility

MediaBiasFactCheck.com: About + Methodology

Ad Fontes Media Rating: Middle / Reliable

Writing by: Tom Perry

Editing by: Frances Kerry

Archive Link: 23 Jun 2024 03:30:27 UTC

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Reuters and AP News are really the only two sources I pretty much implicitly trust anymore. As far as I'm concerned, the person reporting false news and attributing it to Reuters should be hung by the neck until dead.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

What's really frustrating is how many American news outlets are just taking AP and Reuters reports, and rehashing them with their own news readers.

[-] Nighed@sffa.community 11 points 2 months ago

That's the routers business model though

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh I know, what I mean is when the major US outlets just say "A Reuters report says (XYZ)....and WE say that means ABCD!" like that is hardly good journalism, that's more along the lines of glorified op-eds.

[-] AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Is there any way to get rss feeds directly from AP/Reuters any more?

[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I think Reuters only has a Best of feed from their agency side, which isn't really that useful as a news feed. All their feeds seem to be shut down, at least the ones I had stopped working.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why would that be frustrating? That's explicitly what they're for. And we're better off for it.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The frustration is how AP and Reuters report the facts of what's going on, and then the other outlets take that and TELL you how to feel about it rather than do their own fact finding

[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Jsyk in this specific context it's hanged. Weird right?

Like:

Hanged from the neck until death

[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

I trust Reuters more than I trust Media Bias Fact Check. I of course still vary my media diet, but they're certainly a pillar of it.

Seem to remember that they had a big scandal with a climate change denier editor that changed some articles a few years ago. Good to remember that no oragnisation is above scrutiny.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

In this case, I don't think its credibility matters beyond whether or not they'd lie about not actually saying something people claimed they said.

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