c/worldnews · by NightOwl@lemmy.ca · 2y

Venezuela: While US Politicians Call Fraud, American Election Observers Endorse Results

https://www.mintpressnews.com/venezuela-while-us-politicians-call-fraud-american-election-observers-endorse-results/288010/

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4 Comments

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)

International NGOs observing the election have raised a lot of red flags about a lack of data transparency.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxx28wex0w6o.amp

Also, Mint Press is very questionable source with a pro-Kremlin track record.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News https://ground.news/interest/mintpress-news

davel@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y

Reporter: [REDACTED]
Reason: Questionable source with a misinformation track record

Ground News assigned this score by aggregating media bias ratings of a Left rating from Ad Fontes Media, a Left rating from Media Bias/Fact Check . MintPress News’s factuality rating is low. Ground News calculates this rating using a combination of the fact and reliability ratings from Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check.

Oh lovely, Ground News relies on MBFC and AFM. This game of whack-a-mole never ends.

NightOwl@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The Carter Center (cited by that BBC piece) is funded by various western governments including the US, as well as CIA-affiliated regime-change orgs like the National Endowment for Democracy. They are not a neutral party.

The "pro-Kremlin" smear is similarly questionable as it is promoted by the same groups.

ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Curious which American election observers are neutral parties then, if you refuse to believe that the Carter Center is unbiased. Because I'll bet you I can use similar mental gymnastics to tie every single American election observer to one side or the other (or even both, just for fun).