[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Maru

All media should be scrutinized. Mainstream is just more often than not a safer bet because of the fact that they have the resources and manpower to cover stories... plus the high brand visibility and bigger heights can make them more vulnerable to bad press. (but also just as if not more prone to special interests)

Jihadwatch does seem like a pretty baity name... but this from their about page (Disclaimer: I am sleep deprived so haven't read that entire page... I can't comb through that right now )



So basically they are a special interest blog and they may have access to sources (or know better how to comb for stories of this type) either via translator or just old fashioned Google. I know in the case of Japan at least.. I often have to read direct from the source (natively) because English media is largely oblivious to a lot of the smaller/fact-based developments there... when the Touhoku tsunami/nuclear disaster occurred, I had to rely on Japanese sources for up to date information... and there was a lot going on that could've affected us all... the newspapers were releasing facts/sensor/data by the minute and it was increasingly obvious the government was downplaying the disaster despite the hydrogen explosions... whereas it took like 24 hours for English to pick up and most of that detail was in a few paragraphs. They were more focused on circumstances... you couldn't get the status of the reactors through English media. Not reliably anyway.

Anyway, this thread... the article title is click-baity and is not established fact (where is the source?)... so yeah. Clickbait titles are a sad reality of the net. Sites are losing revenue massively thanks to Facebook and other social media more or less supplementing their daily diet... so they do all the tricks now to keep in the revenue. I try to support those sites by turning off adblock by clicking the links in Twitter. Every bit counts.

Jihadwatch would not be on my reader's digest I know the world has gone crazy... though I am curious to hear why people follow such sites and what they have to gain from them, just from their personal situation.

You don't advocate it and yet you chose to link to it? That's confusing.