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Remember when the US accused Russia of preparing to stage some kind of atrocity propaganda false flag in Ukraine with zero evidence? (www.axios.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And they said we should just accept it on their credibility.

I had the occasion to look this up again, so I thought I should post it for more than the shitlib I got it for (so now it's also for the three of you sorting by new at this hour)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

I think the general consensus is that the US State Department is the government version of Jim Cramer. If you just believe the opposite of what they say, you're usually correct.

(With the usual caveats of critical reading, checking sources, blah blah. It's a good jumping off point.)