• 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.dev
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        2 days ago

        Mediabiasfactcheck is not exactly unbiased themselves.

        They’re self-contradictory in their own assessment here. They find no failed fact checks, yet their accuracy is rated as “High”, not “Very high”. No motivation is provided for this. They also state RFA lists sources, but most articles on North-Korea especially only cite “Residents in the country”, thus not providing anything verifiable. It’s also why most major news outlets don’t use RFA as a source, their stories are not verifiable. It’s mostly sensationalist tabloids like The Sun in this instance that uses them as a source.

        Additionally, Wikipedia does mention some failed fact checks, especially concerning anti-vaccine misinformation. See the article here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia under Controversies.

        RFA is not a particularly credible source for this reason. It’s basically impossible to prove many of their claims, so scepticism is warranted.

        This of course doesn’t detract from the fact that NK is ruled by a nutcase dictator who brutally oppresses his people. But we don’t have to necessarily trust a story with as much credibility as some fanfiction here. This story could well be true, but I don’t want to assume that this is fact based on the nonexistent sourcing.

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      Based on what? That you don’t know it?
      https://www.rfa.org/english/

      I don’t see anything particularly wrong with it on the surface.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia

      The service, which provides editorially independent reporting,[6][7][8][9][10][11] has the stated mission of providing accurate and uncensored reporting to countries in Asia that have poor media environments and limited protections for speech and press freedom.

      6 references to the Independent reporting part! Seems pretty OK to me.

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          2 days ago

          Please provide backing for claims that this story is fake and that Radio Free Asia is not credible.

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            The facts –

            • Radio Free Asia was involved in anti-vaxx campaigns in the Philippines

            • Radio Free Asia is associated by Radio Free Europe, a CIA operation to smear anti-USA regimes.

            • RFA staff are appointed by the government of the USA, known to be hostile to North Korea

            • Also, the story is just silly on the face of it and common sense says it’s made-up.

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              Ah. So you don’t actually have any credible citations to back up your contentions about RFA, you just don’t like them saying true things that put North Korea (!) in a negative light.

              Weird to go to bat for an insane dictator, but hey, you do you.

              Or rather, I should say, you do you somewhere else. Not here. Bye.