AntanicusYou can't make this shit up. The double standard is unreal.
SibrosanYou mean that if someone doesn´t say they plan to annex an area, you´d still have to report that they did?
@sibrosan oh but they are indeed planning to:
"I say here definitively … in every room and in every discussion, too: The new Israeli border must be the Litani,” [Smotrich] said, referring to the Litani River, a critical waterway that cuts through southern Lebanon, about 30km (19 miles) from the border with Israel."
The headline is about what the defense minister said. If the finance minister said something else, should that be attributed to the defense minister as well?
johnny anhedonic@sibrosan okay but you are just making the exact point op is getting at.
the russian minister didn't use the word annexe either, i’d warrant. how come old mate gets taken at his word despite, y’know, all the actions, whereas russians are presumed dastardly without given the opportunity to positively frame their own actions and then have them laundered by the masthead?
@antanicus
WesDym@thegarbagebird They're not quoting anyone in Russia. That's an assertion of the news organ itself. The second is quoting a public figure. You're trying to compare two different things.
@wesdym incorrect
@wesdym the headline is not the article. the headline is the framing for the article.