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Yes they know what "hypocrisy" means. It is the hypocrisy of western media of jumping to say "evil country X bombed/invaded country Y" when it's a non-western country doing something (not that I'm justifying any country bombing/invading another) but when it's done by a country like the US the report is just "wow these buildings in Caracas just popped, crazy huh?"

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You’re hand-waving, not stating causality when it has not been confirmed is basic journalism and is standard practice in all serious media outlets regardless of what parties are involved.

One would have to completely ignore the context of the last few months to not make a link in causality with basic inference.

These are the same "serious media outlets" that repeat that same context in their articles over and over again as if readers haven't come anywhere near a news source in over a year.

It's like they are back in school trying to hit that arbitrary 500 word requirement when it's entirely unnecessary. Modern journalism is neither serious nor rigorous.

Actually you are hand-waving. Look at the original post, it says "Notice the hypocrisy of the "explosions reported" title instead of "US bombs Venezuela".". It is referencing the usage of passive voice and the lack of mention to the actor that did the reported act, it is not referencing the absence of casualty at all. So you are just straw manning and criticizing an argument that neither the OP nor myself defended at any point of the conversation.

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