North Korean troops in Russian uniforms heading to Kursk, says US - Lemmy.World
lemmy.world
North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving to the Russian region of Kursk, near Ukraine, according to the US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, who described the deployment as a dangerous and destabilising development. Austin was speaking at a press conference at the Pentagon with the South Korean defence minister, Kim Yong-hyun, as concerns grow about Pyongyang’s deployment of as many as 11,000 troops to Russia. The US and South Korea said some of the North Korean troops are heading to Kursk, on the border with Ukraine, where the Kremlin’s forces have struggled to push back a Ukrainian incursion. Austin said “the likelihood is pretty high” that Russia will use the North Korean troops in combat. He added that officials were discussing what to do about the deployment, which he said had the potential to broaden or lengthen the conflict in Ukraine. Asked if it could prompt other nations to get more directly involved in the conflict, he acknowledged that it could “encourage others to take action”. MBFC [https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-guardian/] Archive [https://archive.is/MMYI7]
  • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
    32·
    13 hours ago

    Where’s the critique coming from? The Wiki seems to have nothing but positive things to say. Might be an error. Ironic.

    Scientific studies[23] using its ratings note that ratings from Media Bias/Fact Check show high agreement with an independent fact checking dataset from 2017,[8] with NewsGuard[9] and with BuzzFeed journalists.[10] When MBFC factualness ratings of ‘mostly factual’ or higher were compared to an independent fact checking dataset’s ‘verified’ and ‘suspicious’ news sources, the two datasets showed “almost perfect” inter-rater reliability.

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
      111·
      12 hours ago

      It’s from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#Media_Bias/Fact_Check

      There is consensus that Media Bias/Fact Check is generally unreliable, as it is self-published. Editors have questioned the methodology of the site’s ratings.

      I think the perennial sources list gets a lot more attention than the wiki page for MBFC itself, and probably the standards for judging it reliable are higher.

      • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
        63·
        12 hours ago

        I read that. My best guess is that this is either an error that hasn’t been updated in light of empirical studies corroborating MBFC’s reliability, or more likely any self-published list gets the “unreliable” sticker automatically.

        Also, making claims about “a consensus” without sourcing these claims is mighty suspicious. Disappointed.

        • goferking0@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          1·
          32 minutes ago

          They’re saying the parts mbfc uses other data from is fine, like the fact checking matching others as they all use the same source. But the rest like bias can’t be trusted as it’s just their own unscientific methods.

          • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
            2·
            15 minutes ago

            They’re not saying that. How did you summarize 23 words using 39 words, and get the summary wrong?

            They’re saying that there is no external professional vouching for MBFC’s conclusions, which is their usual gold standard for things being “reliable.” And that, on top of that, people within Wikipedia have specifically pointed out flaws with how MBFC does things, without any of the qualifications and categories that you added.

        • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catEnglish
          32·
          3 hours ago

          Tell me you have no idea how Wikipedia works, without telling me you have no idea.

          You’re putting trust in the stuff that doesn’t mean very much, and "best guess"ing that the stuff that is dependable is not.