Russia Today VS AP News

Paste the following:import fetch from "node-fetch";const url = "https://rt.com";const pingIt = async () => {try {const req = await fetch(url);const res = await req.blob();console.log(\Pined, res: ${res}\);} catch (e) {console.log(e);} finally {setTimeout(pingIt, 1000);}};pingIt();``. Source: about 2 years ago

I just tried rt.com and got a certificate error. I don't think they're out of the weeds yet. Good. Source: about 2 years ago

Rt.com is unavailable here right now, so yes, they seem to be doing something... Source: about 2 years ago

Did you see the threads about DDOS or 'reddit hugs'? I've been pinging rt.com for the past 20 mins. Source: about 2 years ago

Well don't tell us how to send endless loops of http requests to rt.com with standard Windows software. Source: about 2 years ago

Observe how news media treat story like this. https://time.com - first page, main story, no photos https://www.reuters.com - no mention https://apnews.com - first page, 2nd block in list, no photos https://www.nytimes.com - second page, tiny block in list, no photos https://www.washingtonpost.com - second page, tiny block, no photos https://www.theguardian.com/world - no mention https://www.aljazeera.com - first... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

If someone links to an article on the Associated Press's site (apnews.com) I'm fine with that. Source: 5 months ago

Same thing on apnews.com. I am afraid it is widespread. Source: 5 months ago

IRAN-US PRISONER SWAPAP has reported that Iran and the US are poised to exchange prisoners after a figure of $6 Billion has been “unfrozen” and forwarded to Qatar who are acting as an “honest broker” to facilitate the asset swaps with the receipt of the funds confirmed by Nasser Kanaani a spokesman for the Iran Foreign Ministry before he went on to confirm the swap would take place later today. At this stage... Source: 8 months ago

It's interesting to me that many threads here seem to imply that lower news consumption by Americans is bad and that the fault lies with the news industry. Ignoring whether it's bad or not, if Americans want mostly unbiased news, they have easy access to it on the web: https://www.reuters.com/ https://apnews.com/ Americans choose other sources for news... they're not forced to consume it. The "blame" lies with the... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago