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[Nemo]

Its been cited around here a few times or more.  AP has some interesting info on them, assuming AP is accurate.

Does this create credibility issues, and on which side?


Nemo


https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-coronavirus-pandemic-health-moscow-media-ff4a56b7b08bcdc6adaf02313a85edd9

US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda
By NOMAAN MERCHANTtoday

WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda and alleged five media outlets targeting Ukrainians have taken direction from Russian spies.

The officials said Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence. The officials did not say whether they thought Zero Hedge knew of any links to spy agencies and did not allege direct links between the website and Russia.

Zero Hedge denied the claims and said it tries to ?publish a wide spectrum of views that cover both sides of a given story.? In a response posted online Tuesday morning, the website said it ?has never worked, collaborated or cooperated with Russia, nor are there any links to spy agencies.?

The officials briefed The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence sources. It was the latest effort by President Joe Biden?s administration to release U.S. intelligence findings about Russian activity involving Ukraine as part of a concerted push to expose and influence the moves of Russian President Vladimir Putin. U.S. officials previously accused Putin of planning a ?false-flag? operation to create a pretext for a new invasion of Ukraine and detailed what they believe are final-stage Russian preparations for an assault.

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[Jackalope]

   There's no question that Zero Hedge has an agenda.  Cui bono?  Today, all news sites are biased, and end users need to make their own decisions regarding the validity of news items.  Use them all and sort though the b.s.

[FeedingFreedom]

You can't go far wrong by believing the opposite of whatever AP says. I've been reading Zerohedge for a long time, and I've never noticed any "pro-Russia" stance they've taken. Usually it's the opposite. I never get news from just one source, and you have to be careful because most "news" sites will use circular sourcing, one uses a source, and the next uses the first news agency as a "verified source" without referencing the primary. Then others will claim there are "multiple sources" for the story and so on.

[pkveazey]

I am a member of a GUITAR FORUM and I see this posted a lot when somebody describes their guitar or amp. "If there is no picture, then it never happened." That made me think that when the news media reports ANYTHING, I think, "If I didn't see it myself, then it never happened." I can remember waaaayyyyy back a long time ago when I used to believe what the news media said. But then, I was young and naive.