zephyreks @ zephyreks @lemmy.ml

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In these cases, it may help to post the subtitle along with the title.

Thing is, even if he is good at media criticism, there's no stakes for him. Nobody knows who he is, what he looks like, he has nothing on the line, and his credibility in his primary occupation cannot be harmed if he is wrong.

Nevermind that he lacks the credentials nor any legitimate scientific expertise, and yet claims that his Bachelor's in Physiology was sufficiently advanced to teach him everything he needs to know about the scientific process.

Citing Wikipedia is lazy and reflects a lack of effort. Do better.

Dave Van Zandt is a registered Non-Affiliated voter who values evidence-based reporting. Since High School (a long time ago), Dave has been interested in politics and noticed as a kid the same newspaper report in two different papers was very different in their tone. This curiosity led him to pursue a Communications Degree in college; however, like most 20-year olds he didn’t know what he wanted and changed to a Physiology major midstream. Dave has worked in the healthcare industry (Occupational Rehabilitation) since graduating from college but never lost the desire to learn more about bias and its impacts.

The combination of being fascinated by politics, a keen eye to spot bias before he even knew what it was called, and an education/career in science gave Dave the tools required for understanding Media Bias and its implications. This led to a 20-year journey where Dave would read anything and everything he could find on media bias and linguistics. He also employed the scientific method to develop a methodology to support his assessments.

If you're going to discredit a source, please try to do the legwork of actually discrediting it. A guy with a Bachelors in Physiology and being "fascinated with politics since high school (a long time ago)" cannot be considered a reliable source, nevermind one who claims to follow the "scientific method" which he, presumably, learned while studying to become an occupational therapist or through his 20-year journey of reading political news.

If you have photos of this man, any record of interviews with him, records that support his credibility/the incorporation of his company, records of his job in occupational rehabilitation, details about his team, or anything else, please feel free to share them. Please do not confuse him with Dave E. Van Zandt (Princeton BA Sociology, Yale JD, London School of Economics PhD, ex-managing editor of the Yale Law Journal, ex-Dean of Northeastern's School of Law, ex-President of The New School).

Since the practice of cyanide fishing was never widely publicised or officially approved, its origins are uncertain; but it is believed to have originated in the 1950s in the Philippines.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) determined that approximately 20% of the live fish traded on the Philippine market in 1996 were caught using cyanide

Estimates suggest 70% to 90% of aquarium fish exported from the Philippines are caught with cyanide.

The Philippines when they use cyanide fishing in Southeast Asia: don't worry guys, it's a perfectly safe and normal activity and contributes to the economy.

The Philippines when someone else uses cyanide fishing in Southeast Asia: horrible! Environmental catastrophe! Condemn them!

Everyone, please be civil. I understand that tensions are high, but please refrain from personal attacks.

Her performance was really great, but is this really world news?

This is from August and thus not news.

This is very much US-internal news.

Please support your claim that this news is fake.

This happened back in October according to CODEPINK, the organizers of this protest.

Yeah, you're right, my bad.

If there's an original article, could you post the original article instead?

EDF, the French developer responsible for the project, is demanding more money from the UK in order to fulfill the contract.

Archive: https://archive.is/KQecn

Article says 21, recent reports say 33. Please report the correct number, thanks.

In total, since 2004, rockets fired by Hamas have killed less than 50 people in Israel. For comparison, the Great March of Return (a peaceful protest by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip) led to the IDF killing more than 200 Palestinians.

A tweet is not news. Please find a better source.