100,000 dead Russians, is very likely the propaganda number. Maybes it’s right; maybe it’s not, IDK, but I know that there has been zero negative Ukraine news since the conflict started (ghost of Kiev anyone?), and the media machine definitely only works one way on this topic.
I mean, Russia isn’t the good guy here, but I don’t excuse propaganda just because it tells a story I want to hear.
In this case, I don’t care what the US or Ukraine says the number is. That isn’t news. It’s narrative, true or not.
So, I feel like the score should take into account if how likely an article is to be narrative vs purely an event.
The number is news because Russia is waging a large-scale invasion of another country using cannon fodder tactics. Reporting on that invasion is not simply propaganda.