▲ 253 ▼ "cuz, y'know, China bad." (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago by culprit@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 365 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -5 points 5 months ago (4 children) Why is my link not a primary source? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (3 children) Are you fucking serious right now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Please educate me. A primary source is a source with first hand information (e.g. a witness) or a source that does not cite other sources as their source. Disregarding the credability of NBC, how does the article I linked not fit that description? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* this article explains it: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defector.html?referringSource=articleShare tldr: they're paid and/or coerced to it by recruiters to make up shit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago I really hope you're trolling. The NBC article literally cites other sources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (3 children) Are you fucking serious right now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Please educate me. A primary source is a source with first hand information (e.g. a witness) or a source that does not cite other sources as their source. Disregarding the credability of NBC, how does the article I linked not fit that description? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* this article explains it: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defector.html?referringSource=articleShare tldr: they're paid and/or coerced to it by recruiters to make up shit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago I really hope you're trolling. The NBC article literally cites other sources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Please educate me. A primary source is a source with first hand information (e.g. a witness) or a source that does not cite other sources as their source. Disregarding the credability of NBC, how does the article I linked not fit that description? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* this article explains it: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defector.html?referringSource=articleShare tldr: they're paid and/or coerced to it by recruiters to make up shit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago I really hope you're trolling. The NBC article literally cites other sources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* this article explains it: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defector.html?referringSource=articleShare tldr: they're paid and/or coerced to it by recruiters to make up shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago I really hope you're trolling. The NBC article literally cites other sources. permalink fedilink source parent
