Drone Attack In Jordan Kills Three American Troops (Updated) (www.thedrive.com)
from BombOmOm@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 28 Jan 2024 23:04
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DolphinMath@slrpnk.net on 29 Jan 2024 02:07 collapse

What is this source?

As far is I can tell, “The War Zone” is part of The Drive (a defunct YouTube channel, now a website), owned by a company called Recurrent that also owns Popular Science and Bob Vila.

Maybe it’s credible, maybe not, but without context it’s super hard to tell.

Deebster@programming.dev on 29 Jan 2024 02:13 next collapse

This story is found in various credible places, including Reuters: Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran

DolphinMath@slrpnk.net on 29 Jan 2024 02:16 collapse

Oh to be clear I’m not doubting the story/headline, I’m just curious about the source because I’ve never heard of them before.

There are a lot of AI generated ripoffs out there, as well as straight propaganda. I like to at least understand where my news is coming from.

Deebster@programming.dev on 29 Jan 2024 02:27 collapse

That’s fair. My first stop is generally mediabiasfactcheck.com but there’s no information about that site on there.

thedrive.com is owned by Recurrent Ventures and they have some fairly well-known and/or reputable brands who are on MBFC:

BombOmOm@lemmy.world on 29 Jan 2024 14:46 next collapse

What is this source?

A highly detailed source and collator of sources. For defense/military news, they are one of the top their news sources as their writers actually understand the details of the machines they report on.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world on 29 Jan 2024 17:09 collapse

company called Recurrent that also owns Popular Science and Bob Vila

…companies are allowed to own people now? 🤨😛