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Chu4eenotoday at 11:47 AM12 repliesview on HN

So Belgians, are Julius E. O. Fintelmann and Samuel Dempsey/The European Correspondent legitimate/trustworthy journalists or bloggers looking for clout?


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OgsyedIEtoday at 12:12 PM

Media Bias Fact Check has them at center-left alignment and high factual credibility, like the Washington Post and Guardian.

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kcybtoday at 12:24 PM

The European Correspondent is a legitimate, though young, news organization. I can recommend their newsletter, they write about a nice mix of topics from all across Europe.

aetchtoday at 11:57 AM

Sounds like they had a legitimate question for the ambassador who reacted badly - which is no surprise for someone in this administration.

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axustoday at 12:10 PM

The way the journalism business is going, open-source investigators and bloggers looking for clout will be the only independent media left.

masfuertetoday at 12:58 PM

The American embassy considers them to have sufficient legitimacy to invite them.

elil17today at 12:20 PM

Yes, they're a legitimate news organization. They are partially funded by the EU government.

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TheEdoniantoday at 12:23 PM

Belgian here, never heard of them/the site

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Arodextoday at 1:11 PM

So American, is Bill White a trustworthy ambassador or a political donor looking for clout?

thinkingtoilettoday at 12:41 PM

Does it matter? Should they have been kicked out of an event they were invited to for asking a reasonable question? Why are you asking about a news organization and not an extremely fragile man-baby who can't take a tough question?

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gsprtoday at 12:07 PM

A natural question to ask – after their very legitimate and important questions have been answered!

(Or are you just trying to derail?)

buellerbuellertoday at 1:23 PM

Do you ask this about all of the alt right slop artists that have been legitimized by the Trump admin? Or only about those who pose adversarial questions to the Trump administration?

carlosjobimtoday at 12:46 PM

Judge for yourself. Why are you asking other people to think for you?