I thought the canary was trustworthy, but this line immediately destroyed that thought.
The EU is desperate — like the UK — to shore up its defence of and support for nazi-riddled Ukraine
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2026
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Yeah, either they pivoted immediately to find alternative funding, or that's deeply telling of why they report on these problems specifically.
Leftist outlets shooting themselves in the foot once again.
Just ask The Rabble.
In Canada, The Canadian Network on Cuba and local chapters of Cuban solidarity groups are collecting donations, including solar powered generators for hospitals and schools. The federal government recently announced that it would be sending $8 million in humanitarian aid as well. There is hope for more from the federal government since that amount is considered by many to be more like a trial balloon. And it comes the day after billions were pledged to prolong the war in the Ukraine.
https://rabble.ca/columnists/cuba-has-persevered-despite-extreme-adversity/
I'm supportive of The Canary's reporting on Israel's genocide, but they're throwing their credibility away by categorizing Russian propaganda as credible reporting.
I think you are misreading what they say. They are not saying RT reporting is credible, they are saying that EU's court ruling makes objective truth not a valid defense from prosecution.
The ultra-Orwellian move makes no distinction whether what the video says is true. It makes no exemption for journalists.
If <insert your trusted reporter> reposts the video to criticise it for all the lies they are commiting a criminal offense under this ruling.
Like the other commenter here said, they are calling Ukraine nazi-riddled. That's literal Russian propaganda.
Saying Ukraine, Germany and Europe isn't nazi-riddled is unfortunately wrong and at current times a bit ridiculous. Saying Russia isn't nazi-riddled is ludicrous. Thinking Russia is fighting the Nazis is the most delusional thing I have heard.
In general, your posts are pretty unbiased, but this one is crazy biased. The writer literally calls Ukraine “nazi-riddled”. It’s like the main Russian propaganda talking point.
On top of that, banning a country’s propaganda arm isn’t a wild restriction of objective truth. RT can post “water is wet” it gets shared, then they change it to “Ukraine is 100% nazis”. It’s completely pointless to share anything RT says or does and only serves to further Russia’s propaganda.
You should doubt their reporting on every topic after this.
RT salty that their propaganda isn't welcome, unveils the Canary as the next russian propaganda outlet that needs to be banned.
In case anyone actually cares: The (original first instance) ruling is from a small-ish local court in Germany, and the people in question re-posted the RT video on their website which is a comercial enterprise. this is the reason they got hit with the ruling, because the law is targeting comercial entities that carry or reproduce RT misinformation. If they had posted it to twitter, facebook or even their private non-comercial website/blog/whatever, there would have been no problem (besides marking themselves as guillable dum-dums. (if posted to twitter/facebook/insta, it would have been the resposibility of them to remove/block the video/content)
source: i read the court document, like anyone can who can click a link on the original (mis-representative) twitter post.
fun fact: i posted this as a reply to the lemmy ml post of this yesterday, and my comment was deleted and i was banned by mods. I guess they don't like people who tell the truth over there.
The far-left still defending the now far-right Moscow never ceases being funny. The Soviet Union ceased to exist 35 years ago, but old habits die hard, I suppose.
It's the same with them and China, which is similarly far-right.
Their reasoning being: because Russia is currently allies with communist states, by invading Ukraine they're helping communism "fight the imperialist west".
Like all good propaganda, there's a kernel of truth in there, buried real deep in the bullshit. However, they're doing nothing useful by stanning for Russia, especially given Russia are now very much on the back foot.
Thanks for the effort. I appreciate it.
The article cites some random X post as a source along with the actual legal document. Credible stuff.
Apparently it has been prohibited to broadcast RT since 2014 (Article 2f(1) of Regulation No 833/2014). So I guess the only newsworthy part is that someone was prosecuted.
Will they do the same with zionist propaganda media?
Surely after sanctions against Israel. I don't see that happening any time soon unfortunately.
Of course not, but you can bet your ass Al Jazeera and pro-Palestinian media are next and they'll use the same excuse.
With so many activists, independent media, documentaries, journalists, and so on reporting and supporting Palestine, of course it's not possible. UE is not authoritarian right wing regime like Russia.
Hard to get support for more Western military excursions if you don't restrict information that could sway people's minds against them.
Thank god Russia does not restrict information. They all seem so well informed!