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*::Well, Al Jazeera is reliable. South China Morning Post is still reliable last I checked. Haaretz. Uhh... "You name a couple of sources," isn't really how this works. '''[[User:Andrevan|Andre]]'''<span style="border:2px solid #073642;background:rgb(255,156,0);background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,156,0,1) 0%, rgba(147,0,255,1) 45%, rgba(4,123,134,1) 87%);">[[User_talk:Andrevan|🚐]]</span> 03:47, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

*:::I was just curious about what sources he had in mind when he refers to non-western reliable outlets, in contrast to his characterizations of Al-Mayadeen as "complete propaganda" and "fake news". [[User:Philomathes2357|Philomathes2357]] ([[User talk:Philomathes2357|talk]]) 03:51, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

*:::::Philomathes can't seem to write on any talk page without writing a book. The [[WP:BLUDGEONING]] needs to stop. (Also Philomathes used a sockpuppet to delete this comment previously, because that's the kind of disruptive [[WP:NOTHERE]] editor he is.) [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AReliable_sources%2FNoticeboard&diff=1180593622&oldid=1180593577] [[Special:Contributions/216.239.170.134|216.239.170.134]] ([[User talk:216.239.170.134|talk]]) 02:56, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

* '''Support option 3 or option 4'''. As Alaexis has pointed out above, the website promotes the [[Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory]]. There are at least 21 articles on the website with a [https://english.almayadeen.net/tags/US%20biolabs "US biolabs" tag], but some, such as [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-tested-neuromodulators-on-socially-vulnerable-ukrainians: "US tested neuromodulators on socially vulerable Ukrainians"], are not marked so. In addition, the outlet often cites unreliable sources for its "reporting", such as Twitter accounts ([https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/russia-appeals-to-intl-organizations-over-kupyansk-execution] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/kiev-not-to-dodge-responsibility-for-kramatorsk-strike:-mosc] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/russian-mod:-50-ukrainian-officers-killed-in-strike] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/azov-insignia-bearing-teen-carries-out-streams-mass-shooting] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/izhevsk-school-attack-gunman-identified-putin-deeply-saddene] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/possible-massive-western-mercenaries-gathering-hit-in-ukrain] [https://english.almayadeen.net/in-pictures/biden-is-blamed-for-the-death-of-a-6-year-old-muslim-child]), [[MintPress News]] ([https://english.almayadeen.net/news/technology/silencing-dissidence:-israeli-bots-spam-report-pro-palestine] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-gov-spent-22m-on-anti-russia-narrative-in-ukraine] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/technology/twitter-fb-tiktok-more-are-run-by-the-fbi-cia-and-nato] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israel-morocco-and-western-sahara-its-deeper-than-we-thought] [https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/features/developing:-a-bad-month-for-resistance-media-just-got-much-w]), and [[The Grayzone]] ([https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/the-grayzone:-opcw-tampered-with-findings-of-douma-attack-in] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/britain-creating-secret-ukrainian-terror-army:-the-grayzone] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/who-is-behind-the-false-claim-of-beheaded-babies] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/grayzone:-ned-vp-escapes-questioning-on-links-to-us-intellig] [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/anomaly-6-spy-firm-powers-britain-proxy-war-in-ukraine:-the]). In [https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/un-slams-ukrainian-attack-on-donetsk-maternity-hospital at least one case] it has republished a fabricated news story from the Russian state outlet TASS, without marking it as such. Other than [https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/three-killed-artillery-attack-donetsk-market-separatist-news-agency-2022-06-13/ a brief mention in a Reuters article] (which notes that "There was no independent confirmation of any of the attacks and Reuters could not ascertain whether they had taken place"), I could not find any reliable sources covering this alleged attack. [[Special:Contributions/93.72.49.123|93.72.49.123]] ([[User talk:93.72.49.123|talk]]) 16:37, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

* '''Option 4''' This "news" source hosts holocaust denial articles, i.e. "The Holocaust — that great deception". I am not sure how anyone could read this and think "seems reliable to me" [[User:Cursed Peace|Cursed Peace]] ([[User talk:Cursed Peace|talk]]) 20:01, 17 October 2023 (UTC)