The co-leader of Germany's Green Party, Felix Banaszak, has strongly criticized the conservative Union bloc following the withdrawal of Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf... https://news.osna.fm/?p=11183 | #news #courts #credibility #damaged #dispute
While Judge Ho ultimately agreed to throw out the charges, he took a swipe at the #DOJ’s #credibility, saying it appeared as though officials had used their #power in a #QuidProQuo with #EricAdams to get him to support #Trump’s #immigration crackdown in the city.
“Everything here smacks of a bargain,” he wrote. “Dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions.”
“I think people don’t fully appreciate how much the ability of the #legal system to work on a daily basis rests on the government’s #credibility,” said Stephen Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor. “Without that credibility, it’s going to be harder for the #government to do anything in #court — even ordinary things. All of a sudden, you’re going to have #courts second-guessing things that they wouldn’t have before.”
"Trump Is Discovering the Downside of a Justice Department With No #Credibility" ... Statements "from Ms. Bondi’s Justice Department and Mr. Patel’s F.B.I." are disbelieved because "these institutions show that they are simply protecting the president" instead of being honest and reliable:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/opinion/trump-is-discovering-the-downside-of-a-justice-department-with-no-credibility.html
#ethics #injustice #Trump #politics
Furthermore, the use of #AI to perform #academic #peerreviews is not only lazy, it's fundamentally #irresponsible and #unethical to the development of #scientific #research. Like errant or #corrupt priests and cardinals that needed to be ferreted out by the Church, this disturbing trend in #global #academicresearch, seemingly involving top-tier #universities, sorely needs to be nipped in the bud before it rots and festers the entire #credibility of new #science - to the detriment of #mankind.
BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR
https://www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-were-forced-to-do-pro-israel
“We believe the role of Robbie Gibb, both on the Board, and as part of the Editorial Standards Committee, is untenable. We call on the BBC to do better for our audiences and recommit to our values of impartiality, honesty and reporting without fear or favour.”
A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age…
#Truth & #Credibility - #Obliterated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IktCGRL-mCw
Fox host turned #TrumpVIrus performer, #Hegseth ,,,, vs #reality #sobriety #depth
So it's "You bad #media !! Whaaaa!
Leak real documents, & question our lies!"
Holy WMD, Batman! Seems like deja vu, like the wonderful cast of "Iraq War"/Bush
With support from @nlnet , we've addressed a tonne of tech debt (including #editor redo), and we're improving #dokieli's #UI, #accessibility, annotations, #security, and #offline support. But we have more work to do! See our roadmap: https://dokie.li/docs#roadmap
We are planning to implement collaborative editing, encryption, and develop #credibility features to combat #misinformation on the web, in collaboration with Fundacion Cibervoluntarios: https://www.cibervoluntarios.org/es/actualidad/post/dokieli-y-fundacion-cibervoluntarios-unidos-en-la-creacion-de-una-herramienta-que-permite-a-la-ciudadania-un-uso-reflexivo-de-la-informacion-y-el-control-de-sus-datos
Former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb made this fair comment about dishonest press secretary Karoline Leavitt:
“I don’t think creepy Karoline — when she speaks — I don’t think anybody in America really takes her seriously on a matter of substance":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ty-cobb-new-nickname-karoline-leavitt-tariff_n_6839d65ee4b03a503eaabddf #media #credibility #politics
"As these tools become more powerful and affordable, #skepticism in #media will grow. But the question isn't whether we can trust what we see and hear. It's whether we can trust who's showing it to us. In an era where anyone can generate a realistic video of anything for $1.50, the #credibility of the #source becomes our primary anchor to #truth. The medium was never the message—the #messenger always was."
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/ai-video-just-took-a-startling-leap-in-realism-are-we-doomed/
Laboratorio de Periodismo of Fundación Luca de Tena presents a report outlining the decline in media credibility and offering some proposals to help improve the situation.
#journalism #credibility #mediaethics #ethics #media
https://www.ethica.press/informe-sobre-credibilidad/#english-version
"The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying"
How many of you have heard of Simon Cameron? You know, they guy who said "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."
What makes anyone think he will stay bought? Rented, maybe...
Jake Sullivan: "When you see the car start careening toward the cliff, you've gotta say something. And what I've seen in less than 100 days is terrible damage to America's #credibility and trust with our friends and allies, and terrible damage to #America's appeal ... most of all what I've seen is #China reaping the benefits."
Most #Americans say US losing global credibility under Trump
59% of Americans think that Trump is costing their country its #credibility on global stage, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll
Concerns about US global credibility under #Trump are shared by roughly 1/3 of #Republicans
Survey shows growing #dissatisfaction with Trump policies on multiple issues. His overall approval ratingis lowest since he returned to the White House in January.
https://kyivindependent.com/most-americans-say-us-losing-global-credibility-under-trump-poll-shows/
"Israel: kill, lie, kill, lie, kill, lie" [ ± 1min]
by OwenJonesTalks [Apr 8, 2025]
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6dQ7OQR1Y8U
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JusticeForHindRajab #JusticeForRifaatRadwan
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
Unfassbar, mit welcher kriminellen #Energie #SocialMedia #unterwandert und #missbraucht wird, um #Meinungen zu beeinflussen und #Wahlen zu fälschen. #Überlagernd werden auch #Telegram-#Gruppen genutzt, um dann #TikTok-Gruppen zu #faken und zu steuern. Gut, dass zumindest hier TikTok #gegensteuert, um die #Credibility wieder etwas zu verbessern. Kein #SocialMedia - #Dienst kann so etwas durchgehen lassen, ausser vielleicht #X, aber da weiss man, warum das so ist.
Oh, the sweet sound of #Tesla screeching to a halt in Europe! Apparently, the only thing falling faster than their #Sales is Elon Musk's #Twitter #Credibility. Meanwhile, Chinese competitors are zooming past like it's the Autobahn, leaving Tesla to ponder if their next innovation should be a shuttle bus to the unemployment office. 
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sales-europe-tumbled-elon-musk-china-evs-2025-2 #ChineseCompetitors #ElectricVehicles #HackerNews #ngated
Bangers. Bangers and mash with a side of pure bangers:
"[European election-related] content from low-credibility accounts had 1.7 times more engagement on Instagram, 7.6 times more on Facebook, and 2.4 times more views on YouTube per 1,000 followers compared to that from high-credibility accounts." [1]
"in 2018, [...] more than 70% of content views on the platform were the result of an algorithmic recommendation. We see no reason why that proportion would have dropped since then." [1]
This violates "fairness, freedom of expression and freedom of information. Given finite amounts of user attention, artificially elevating low-credibility accounts comes at the expense of all other accounts on the platform, including high-credibility ones." [1]
recommended follow 
@sciencefeedback for more high-quality, high-credibility, reality-based and cited work like that!
first #reviews got scarcer, now #blurbs? How's a #writer to promote? What's your strategy?
A major book #publisher announced a change. The industry freaked out.
https://buff.ly/40SpuE7
Why would you hire a clueless, unprincipled TV host to be your Secretary of Defense?
Because he won't push back when you hand him a set of policies that look suspiciously like they were drafted by the Kremlin.
https://hachyderm.io/@jrefior/114003695053056882
"In 2004, Hegseth married Meredith Schwarz, a graduate of Forest Lake Area High School, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Minnesota; they were voted 'most likely to marry' by their graduating class. Meredith filed for divorce in December 2008 after Hegseth admitted to five affairs; he had been dating Samantha Deering, whom he had met at Vets for Freedom. Deering married Hegseth in 2010, with whom he has three children, though they filed for divorce in 2017. In 2019, Hegseth married Jennifer Rauchet, a producer on Fox & Friends, at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck in New Jersey, in an event attended by the Trump family...
"'You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego.'
—Penny Hegseth (mother of Pete Hegseth)"
[Also: multiple accusations of sexual assault]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
