So I posted an article from al Arabiya about Christian villages denying that they asked Netanyahu to annex their villages on World News@lemmy.world.

Jordanlund removed it simply because he don’t like the source. Yet he has no problem with articles from Saudi backed Iranian media https://irannewswire.org/ that also celebrate the terrorist group the MEK that sell out their country to side with Saddam and has no problem with israeli sources that deny the obvious genocide.

  • Nima ( Nima@leminal.space ) English
    42·
    3 months ago

    yeahhh he is like that. he has been featured in this place quite a few times and still mods a lot of instances.

    large ego mixed with a small amount of power. you know how it be.

  • technocrit ( technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
    28·
    3 months ago

    PTB. The sub exists to reinforce the imperial narrative. That’s why they enforce hegemonic sources, hegemonic language, etc. No “editorializing”, etc. It’s run by a zionist, right? Shit’s a joke.

  • Pogogunner ( Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz ) 
    22·
    3 months ago

    Jordanlund does not moderate in good faith. Instead of letting the community decide what sources they will believe and debate openly, he uses biased sources to squash sources critical of his viewpoints. See the whole MBFC debacle and his lies that the lemmy.world Admins forced it.

  • Wren ( Wren@lemmy.today ) English
    10·
    3 months ago

    Look, I don’t like World, but they’re clear about how they judge a source.

    I made my news communities because I don’t like their system, but for a com that big they need to draw a line when they can’t individually verify everything.

    I don’t like their politics and I don’t like where they draw those lines, but they’re transparent in how they decide what stays.

    Being an asshole to the mod, no matter who they are, doesn’t help.

    My communities are small but you’re welcome to post to them as long as you follow the guidelines.

    • mrdown ( mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OP
      15·
      3 months ago

      No they wasn’t clear. Nothing in the rule mention using a specific fact check to determine what should be allowed or not . If you have no proof that the news is a lie you can’t simply remove it

      Being an asshole to the mod, no matter who they are, doesn’t help.

      I admit I got carried away

      My communities are small but you’re welcome to post to them as long as you follow the guidelines.

      Your guideline regarding credibility of the source is as vague as worldnews.

      • Wren ( Wren@lemmy.today ) English
        4·
        3 months ago

        I clarify it in the asterisk but credibility is vague. I use fact-checking sources but don’t rely on them fully because even fact-checks can have a bias. If you know of a better way to moderate a news community I’d genuinely like to hear it.

        edit: World news links mediabias and an article on propaganda in their sidebar. It’s easy to infer that’s how they judge content.

          • Wren ( Wren@lemmy.today ) English
            6·
            3 months ago

            That is what I do because I have less than 2k subscribers across all my communities, but I need to say something in the sidebar related to how I verify an article and how to determine what’s a lie, which is where fact-checks come in.

            Defending colonization, war crimes and genocide are fuzzy lines to draw. Sometimes news is spun by omitting facts, so an article that seems harmless can be subliminally pro-isreal when given context.

            The point is, it’s very hard to verify sources on that level for as big a community as World.

              • Wren ( Wren@lemmy.today ) English
                6·
                3 months ago

                I never said I agreed with their methods. According to the fact checking link in their sidebar your souce isn’t trustworthy. Again, I don’t support it, but I do understand why they use mediabias to check sources.

                I fully support making more, smaller news communities to get a greater diversity of media on lemmy, and encourage you to either post to them or make your own.