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Please provide corroborating story link from a credible source. I will have to remove if the story link can't be updated to a more reputable source.
It was already removed by a mod and then restored. But yeah, no problem, I will find a better link and switch it now.
Edit: done
Thank you. We were getting reports on it, and I didn't want to remove it if it was a credible story.
It was showing as middle of the road for the credibility rating, which on its own is shaky but with a corroborating report strengthens it.
Just for the record, I checked MBFC and it said it's highly credible and mostly factual. If MBFC is what determines these "truths about credibility", then I don't understand why people would report it or on what basis
Concerning censorship: you'd hope that the mods would at least make their own judgment of the substance of the article in question before crumbling to establishment Overton window policing.
Basically one mod first said they will keep it since it's factual, then another removed it for reports but put it back up after I spoke to them, and lastly I was asked to switch the link all together.
I guess some people are sending out lots of reports on this even though:
(1) the article was factual (2) the MBFC rating is acceptable (3) The article links to the report it reports on
Which makes me just want to shrug my shoulders...
Political forums often have this cynical undercurrent of concern trolling where the aim is to limit the breadth of sources discussed. No easier way to 'win' an argument than illegitimately limiting the facts in play in your favour.
Yeah, I don't like removing posts for political reasons. On lemmy.ml's news community we try to allow for a wider range of sources.
Thanks for the tip. I subscribed.