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With the recent NYT scandal, what are some other examples of the NYT or similarly "prestigious" news institutions making stuff up or otherwise doing propaganda? (hexbear.net)
submitted 8 months ago by cresspacito@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Been seeing a lot of libs say they can't trust the NYT and mainstream news any more but I'm sure there's plenty of reasons to not trust them already. Recent or historical examples

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[-] footfaults@hexbear.net 41 points 8 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony

Sound familiar?!?!

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

Oh, that reminds me, didn't NYTimes platform like a US Ambassador's kid to shit talk venezuela when all that was going down around 2016/2017?

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