Even if you don't believe the answer, getting an answer is still newsworthy. Everyone should be aware that it's not necessarily the truth, but it's newsworthy as the justification they're using. If it comes out later that the building was an orphanage, you can't use that to challenge the government's justification that it was a command and control center if you never got them on the record saying they bombed it because it was a command and control center.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They don't report Russia's claims this way. They don't report Iran's claims this way.

And people can see it, which is why they don't trust the media anymore.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-1.6460410

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine was working on

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/zelenskiy-says-ukraine-developing-interceptor-drones-counter-russian-attacks-2025-06-20/

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia deployed 368 aerial weapons, including 352 attack drones

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-drone-and-missile-attack-killed-7-injured-dozens-across-ukraine-over-past-day/

Iran says it launched an attack on United States forces at Al Udeid Air Base.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/23/live-iran-vows-to-respond-to-us-attacks-trump-hints-at-regime-change

Russia claimed on Sunday that its forces had reached the border of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250608-russia-says-pushing-offensive-into-ukraine-s-dnipropetrovsk-region

President Biden claimed former President Trump was "exaggerating" and "lying" about the crisis at the southern border during the first presidential debate.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/biden-claims-trump-is-exaggerating-about-the-situation-at-the-border-213854789562

They report on Russia and Iran's claims exactly the same way they report on anyone else's claims.