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World Service must be fully state-funded to counter disinformation, say BBC bosses (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The same people who've been telling us how we can't trust media from China because it's state owned are now telling us that state owned media is the only way to fight disinformation. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How 1984 of them, eh?

It is the old, "They are total lies when they do it, but totally not lies when we do it," narrative at play.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

and it's just so transparent