• quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      3 days ago

      I mean if you think ABC gave too much of a platform to the terrorists (which provide no evidence to their claim), why didn’t you link to a news source that’s more objective than ABC?

      This is a huge story. It’s surely been covered by more than one media outlet. Some news sources are probably more blunt in their coverage in saying that the Israelis committed a war crime by murdering volunteers, claiming unsubstantiated bullshit without providing any evidence

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        I meant that the Israeli gave the typical talking points.

        And I shared the ABC article because that’s what’s referenced in the post.

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      I am not quick-snail, but I presume they mean a link to original ABC source instead of a Twitter screenshot.

      It does make me uncomfortable to see Twitter cited so much across lemmy. And doing so would be good information hygiene, anyway.

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        That’s what I assumed too and specifically provided the ABC source. Which is why I’m confused.

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          It’s still not in the OP though. Most viewers on Lemmy are just going to see the tweet.

          It’s not a huge deal to me since it links an actual journalist (Evan Dyer), but… it’s still bad information hygiene. I think linking the original source should be the gold standard for Lemmy. We can do better at sourcing than pasting screenshots.

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            I see what you mean. But the ABC article doesn’t mention Flickinger, so it wouldn’t have been relevant to the Canada community as is. The CBC reporter tweet about a Canadian death makes it relevant.

            Edit: also going back to the original comment, I think they’re asking why did I share the ABC article if I said it was full of Israeli talking points. And my answer would be that it’s the ABC interview/article that the CBC reporter mentions.