§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoIsrael Redefines Evil, Massacring yet More Starving Civilians Queuing for Breadwww.thecanary.coexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down17
arrow-up1152arrow-down1external-linkIsrael Redefines Evil, Massacring yet More Starving Civilians Queuing for Breadwww.thecanary.co§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down13·edit-29 months agoOf course, but questionable or unsubstantiated reports don’t suddenly become 100% credible simply because they are the only information available.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·9 months agoNobody thinks they become 100% credible.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·9 months agoThe person I responded to literally said that they would take the report “at face value”, which means you accept it unquestioningly.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoYou accepting it doesn’t imply that the source is credible; you just don’t have any alternative.
Of course, but questionable or unsubstantiated reports don’t suddenly become 100% credible simply because they are the only information available.
Nobody thinks they become 100% credible.
The person I responded to literally said that they would take the report “at face value”, which means you accept it unquestioningly.
You accepting it doesn’t imply that the source is credible; you just don’t have any alternative.