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Keeping it limited to English language news sites:
teleSUR News from Venezuela, gives a very different perspective and reports many news from the global south, which are simply ignored in western media.
Ruptly If there are protests anywhere in the world, they will have videos.
Global Times From China, which will be the biggest economy in a few years. So even if you dont agree with them, its good to know what they are doing, and why.
What are you thoughts on whistle blowing sites like WikiLeaks?
Also, SCMP?
Is it worth reading wikileaks directly? I see now that they have regular posts on their site, but I never read those before.
I read it sometimes when it gets linked, but their political views are too pro-capitalist for me.
this article made me wanna hurl.
they almost make it sound like a bad thing. Good satire.
Didn't know about Ruptly. Thank you for recommending it.
Didn't know about Ruptly. Thank you for recommending it.
I mean, they're a state run media, it's a deceptive propaganda machine that honest people should find themselves disagreeing with, they're only useful for knowing what the CCP is doing, and maybe getting a glimpse at why, but usually, the "why" is a lie.
I'd trust them as much as I trust Fox News to give me the truth.
Sounds to me like you made up your opinion without reading a single article of theirs.
I made up my opinion after they pushed a narrative in the face of reality time and time again. Like the endless "articles" claiming their forced labor camps are a lie, and their utilization in pushing false calm to the world about covid in the early days.
They are a state run organization under the control of a totalitarian regime who only pretends to be communist, their "articles" reflect that. As I said, they're only useful in seeing where the wind is blowing.