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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Nakoichi@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/30265824

Media Bias/ Fact Check:

Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER

Factual Reporting: HIGH

Country: USA

MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE

Media Type: Organization/Foundation

Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic

MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

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[-] Rom@hexbear.net 81 points 2 months ago

Founded in 1951, Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, nonprofit international broadcasting agency of the United States government that broadcasts and publishes online news, information, and commentary to listeners in East Asia while “advancing the goals of U.S. foreign policy.”

Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER

What do words even mean anymore

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 51 points 2 months ago

LEFT-CENTER means appropriate for people who don't like slurs

[-] huf@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

except slurs against geopolitical enemies

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

listen sweatie they're orcs end of story 💅

[-] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it's not even the "orcs" thing that shocked me. it was how immediately they switched, like someone had sent out an update to their firmware.

there was no confused period where they tried various slurs until they settled on orcs. just orcing, 0-100, from day one.

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

like someone had sent out an update to their firmware.

It's not an update to their firmware, just an already existing feature you had yet to see.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 2 months ago

Overall, we rate Radio Free Asia as Left-Center Biased based on story selection and editorial positions that slightly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. (11/28/2016) (Updated D. Van Zandt 06/18/2024)

Just no words

[-] space_comrade@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Those damn Chinese are all brainwashed hivemind borg drones and we should all be afraid of them"

  • Very normal Left of Centre opinion
[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago

Center left NGOs say that the enemies of the US are killing Muslims, center right NGOs say that the enemies of the US are killing aryan Ukrainians.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 56 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It would be such a massive governmental failure to have a bunch of educated young people go unemployed/underemployed. China probaby puts them in indentured servitude by chaining a bunch of student loans to them, and uses increasingly unaffordable potential homeownership as a carrot to get as much labour as they can from them. Those evil commies.

[-] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 40 points 2 months ago

Kids probably lost, posted it to sopuli.xyz as well: https://lemy.lol/post/30265875

Probably fresh from reddit and just assumed any english speaking board dedicated to content about china would be the same as what they're used to on reddit.

[-] Gay_Tomato@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

Its a five day old account that has posted 100+ times so your likely correct.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago
[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago
[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago

Hilariously I thought this was about the other lemmitor posting an RFA article to Hexbear. Nope, RFA is everywhere apparently, and Nakoichi is here to sniff it out and shame it

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

Oh shit what was the other one?

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

Nevermind I'm dumb ignore me i-cant

Dunking on so many libs today the wires are getting crossed

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

It was the same one wasn't it.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago
[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Genuinely have no idea how y'all find these threads how many pages back is it?

Edit: Yeah OK I found it

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago
[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

"Free college and legal weed, but with concentration camps and a surveillance police state" maybe-later-kiddo 🍷 clink 🍷 maybe-later-honey

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Then the center is pretty far right

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 months ago

Ok, I knew Media Bias Fact Check sucked, but I didn't know they sucked THIS BADLY. What a fucking joke.

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

The fact that I've seen RFA posts get removed at downvoted off of some subreddits, even...

[-] Des@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

ahh yes famous Social Democratic political pamphlet Radio Free Asia

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 months ago

Oh so that's why lw so excited to have the shitty bot

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