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Open letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza

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523 points mhga | 8 comments | 08 Jul 25 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 1.98s | source | bottom
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chvid ◴[08 Jul 25 03:06 UTC] No.44496586[source]▶
This goes on all over western media not only the bbc.
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tclover ◴[08 Jul 25 07:48 UTC] No.44497973[source]▶
Western propaganda lies not only about this, corruption in the EU reaches incredible proportions, censorship, violations of freedom of speech, but Putin is always to blame.
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1. bigyabai ◴[09 Jul 25 01:14 UTC] No.44505454[source]▶
Nobody here even mentioned Putin, and you conspicuously didn't cite additional sources for your imperative claims. It's not just baseless, it's also a non-sequitur in the context of the article.

You sound like a deeply insecure and paranoid individual, perhaps distancing yourself from politics would be healthy?

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2. owebmaster ◴[09 Jul 25 01:20 UTC] No.44505483[source]▶
the one that insults the other first loses the argument.
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3. bigyabai ◴[09 Jul 25 01:22 UTC] No.44505490[source]▶
Quite the opposite. The last person to present credible evidence is often the only person telling the truth.

If you can forever prove the West wrong, don't keep us waiting.

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4. owebmaster ◴[09 Jul 25 01:35 UTC] No.44505557{3}[source]▶
could be but you brought no new information besides a low level personal insult so the person you insulted added more to the discussion than you
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5. bigyabai ◴[09 Jul 25 04:16 UTC] No.44506300{4}[source]▶
They would have, if they remembered to cite their sources. Because they didn't, their original comment stands as logical fallacy, ad-hominem.

You're welcome to correct their error.

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6. owebmaster ◴[09 Jul 25 12:56 UTC] No.44509487{5}[source]▶
> Because they didn't, their original comment stands as logical fallacy, ad-hominem.

I do not want to make the same mistake as you, turning discussions into personal attacks (aka ad-hominem), but you were the only one using ad-hominem in this discussion, if you felt attacked because OP said that western leaders use Putin as a scapegoat, I think that is totally on you.

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7. bigyabai ◴[09 Jul 25 20:10 UTC] No.44514280{6}[source]▶
Okay. I'm still waiting for a substantiation of the original claim, either from you or the OP.
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8. AlexeyBelov ◴[10 Jul 25 08:15 UTC] No.44518576{7}[source]▶
You'll be waiting a really long time :D