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Europe on high alert after suspected Moscow-linked arson and sabotage (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/world

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Security services say spate of fires and infrastructure attacks could be part of systemic attempt by Russia to destabilise continent

Security services around Europe are on alert to a potential new weapon of Russia’s war – arson and sabotage – after a spate of mystery fires and attacks on infrastructure in the Baltics, Germany and the UK.

When a fire broke out in Ikea in Vilnius in Lithuania this month, few passed any remarks until the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, suggested it could have been the work of a foreign saboteur.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Wow, I definitely didn't expect that "Factual Reporting" would be "Mixed", however going through the list, it shows several instances where they misunderstood either a scientific paper or misrepresented some fact.
That said, I had before in some cases seen articles about AI being either false, misunderstanding the facts, or just parroting some CEO. I attributed it to AI being something relatively "new" to mainstream media, but this is pretty much eye opening.

I like their "long read" articles though, but I guess it's time to find a new main everyday paper for me...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Uh, other journalists have called it The Gruniard for years because it has so many mistakes 😂

[–] Womble 3 points 5 months ago

That name comes from typesetting errors rather than factual mistakes (and is also a holdover from the pre-computer era when spell checking wasnt a thing)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think this bit sums up the reason for the rating pretty well. Not sure if I completely agree, but it makes sense to me.

The Guardian has failed several fact checks, they also produce an incredible amount of content; therefore, most stories are accurate, but the reader must beware, and hence why we assign them a Mixed rating for factual reporting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That makes sense.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Reuters is the best paper out there, full stop.