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1. odiroo+Mo[view] [source] 2023-12-08 20:53:29
>>anigbr+(OP)
That's a really... weird article to read. It's like reading a fantasy book about another universe. Or a desperate attempt at "inception".

Reddit, at least, seems to be (rightfully or not) dominated by a strongly anti-Israel narrative.

Even the "great" BBC is not willing to call a spade a spade.

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2. Intere+Pu[view] [source] 2023-12-08 21:20:33
>>odiroo+Mo
Interestingly I've seen a strong pro-Israel bias, particularly on the larger subreddits (like the default ones). Some of the smaller ones do seem to have a pro-Palestine (or pro-civilian) outlook but nothing that I would describe as "strongly anti-Israel"
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3. m_a_g+fx[view] [source] 2023-12-08 21:30:50
>>Intere+Pu
The default subreddits are truly awful. r/worldnews is the first one that comes to mind. They were accusing the murdered Reuters journalist of being a member of hamas.

I decided to never look at those subreddits ever again.

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4. elihu+SR[view] [source] 2023-12-08 23:11:16
>>m_a_g+fx
Whenever the topic of water in Gaza comes up in /r/worldnews, there's an oft-repeated bit of misinformation that Gaza doesn't have water because they dug up the EU-financed pipes to make rockets.

It's not quite based on nothing: there is footage of Hamas (or maybe Islamic Jihad?) digging up pipes to use for rockets and a Guardian article saying that Hamas could use the EU-financed pipes to make rockets, but as far as I can tell there isn't any evidence that the pipes Hamas are using are from critical in-use infrastructure.

One reddit commenter posted that the video of the pipe being dug up was to supply an abandoned Israeli settlement. Israel shut that water off a long time ago. I can't verify that's correct, but it sounds plausible.

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