Ah, it could be, yes. But I quickly checked a few popular instances and looks like OP was banned on many. For example: dbzero (profile), lemmy.world (profile), piefed.social (profile, no such user), lemmy.zip (profile).

So these post wasn’t visible to many, yet still downvoted (I assume mostly by local users). Some may argue that all sources are biased - I agree. However, the articles OP posted wasn’t good. For example, you can check my other comment under a similar post from the OP: https://lemmy.ml/post/44675222/24621308.

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Weren’t posts from RT and TASS downvoted even on ML?

Yeah, but their content does.

Because it’s essentially what you’re saying in subtext.

No, I didn’t imply any of this.

I’m not sure what you mean. I don’t like any of the media we mentioned in this dialogue. Not because of where they get their funding, but because of their content. I explained why I don’t like TASS in this comment section above.

I’ll assume whatever media source that confirms my bias is trustworthy

Why are you making up what I think?

PBS, NPR, CSPAN, VoA, RadioFree, etc

I realized that I wrote “state media” when I meant “state-owned.” The media you listed are state-funded, while TASS is state-owned. But that’s not the point. I’m not a native speaker, so sometimes what I say might not be entirely clear. I’m saying that some sources are worse than others. I don’t like TASS or RT, similar to the mentioned Fox News - you can see my comment above as an example of why.

I know this. I just don’t think state-controlled media is much different from corporate media under oligarchy. US don’t have state media (edit: state-owned, not just state-funded) as far as I know, but if they were, those media would simply change bias toward the ruling party.

I mentioned Fox News because they feel similar in spirit: conservative and usually not trustworthy.

I’m not a westerner. But TASS and RT are like Fox News in the US. Those are simply bad sources.

For example, it’s when they talk about how they’re “liberating” Ukrainian people. Here are some of the recent posts from the OP:

• Russian troops liberate Aleksandrovka community in Donetsk region over past day
• Russian troops liberate two communities in Ukraine operation over past day — top brass
• Russian army liberates settlement of Golubovka in DPR

Do they oppose the US? Sure. But are they freeing Ukrainian people? Hell no - they’ve been suffering for 4 years.

It’s like saying “America is just helping Iranian people to overthrow their government”. They don’t care about Iranian people at all.

I don’t think sources like TASS are any different.

Here some non-western source free from the empire

Looks inside

pro-Russia propaganda

Related post from YPTB: https://lemmy.ml/post/44625171

Also your posts from TASS and RT downvoted on ML as well.