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Germany Will Keep Its Order for F-35A Aircraft Despite Criticism (mil.in.ua)

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[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

I am not a fan of invented (if truthy) quotes here. (Besides the quote being in German in addition.)

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[–] NewDay@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It is not really a verbal quote. It represents their politics and scare tactics about high energy prices and freezing while winter.

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[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That's exactly the point. It shows Merz next to an invented quote. If you don't think about it, it looks as if it's a quote from Merz.

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[–] Ooops@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

While I understand your argument in theory, there's another point: who cares if the quote is real in this specific case?

Merz is a pathological liar. So you can either truthfully quote him or tell the truth.

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[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago*

I don't really see how telling the truth necessitates putting quote characters around something he didn't say. Especially not in front of an audience who don't know Merz as well as politically-inclined Germans do and who may read the words in the sharepic using Google Translate or similar.

The road to fakes like the below is lined with sharepics like the above. I don't think it makes sense to use the same means as right-wing post-truth propagandists.

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fake Claudia Roth quote

Notably, while this fake has the same basic layout, it even omits the quote characters and includes some "this is satire" small print.

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[–] einsfuenfzigbreit@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

That's just satire. That "quote" is so obviously not a quote.

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[–] daw@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Where to draw the line to satire?

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[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

At the very least it should be marked and it should not use quotes, imo. Bonus points for not being in German and for being obvious satire to non-Germans.

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