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If your response to seeing Al Jazeera used as a source for anything other than reporting about the Qatari government is “PAID MIDDLE EASTERN PROPAGANDA OUTLET!!1!1!1!!!” then I have news for you about American media
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Anonymous 9w

Yeah but just because VOA & the BBC In the U.K. Exist doesn’t magically transform Al Jezra into a reputable source. Same w/ the SCMP

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

It also doesn’t immediately discredit reliable reporting, more and more often I see Al Jazeera portrayed as an entirely unreliable source that does nothing but pro-Qatar journalism which is just not true

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

It’s best not to trust anything reported by them that tangentially links to: Islam, Conflicts the royal family funds, Political interests of Qatar or the royal family, Christianity in the Christian world or formerly Christian world, Judaism, Israel, America,

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

Cont. - The Sudan, Any OPEC Member state or Any state bordering an OPEC member state, Any state that has in the past been an OPEC Member State, or, Any state aspiring to be or who has aspired to be an OPEC Member state, Oil rights, producers, processors, Water rights or Water scarce Ag. Production, etc.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

I could just as easily provide a long list of all the things you should take a grain of salt with coming out of American media but I won’t because it’s reductive and denies the fact that both Al Jazeera and American media have reliable reporting on a wide range of topics

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