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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The quote is from "inventing reality by michael parenti". the cold war is an EXAMPLE, the authors POINT is that media will interpret literally ANY EVENT in a bad way to make enemies look morally inferior and bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Are socialist states immune from this fallacy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

But I am not media, the post I made is my honest take, and in this case the media stating this news is wagner and the russian state. How does this wall of text help me understand the apparent flaw in my statement?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

They are suggesting that you have learned to reason backwards from certain conclusions.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah connect the dots by yourself, you cant be this unironically oblivious.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I can and very much am. Please put some effort into this.