"Operation Epstein Fury" - US and Israel Unprovoked invasion of Iran

[Cerebralbore101]

SvennoJ said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

Al Jazeera is rated mixed for accurate reporting. Qatar only has around 300,000 citizens with a population over 2 million. It's also a strict monarchy or some other non-democratic government. 

I considered it but ultimately can't think of them as a reliable source. 

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/al-jazeera/

Hah that site still says CNN and BBC are mostly factual. What's the bias check on mediabiasfactcheck ;) Both have been exposed in recent years. It even says NYT is High despite deliberately running disinformation articles, exposed last year and refusing to issue corrections.
https://www.fairobserver.com/devils-dictionary/the-new-york-times-prefers-fake-rape-to-real-starvation/

Plus that site seems to focus on the left/right nonsense. Which is biased in itself. At least it rates FOX as Low, still too high lol.

It really depends on what they're reporting on how reliable the information is, hence always double check, cross reference. When it comes to the ME, Aljazeera is far more trustworthy than any Western outlets. But, yes, Aljazeera has bias as well when it comes to Qatar. 


The Guardian cites over 1,500 dead in Iran.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/iran-war-timeline-civilians-bear-brunt-of-us-and-israels-month-long-campaign

Hindustan times reports 3,114 people have been killed according to HRANA. It said 1,354 of those were civilians including 207 children.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/how-many-people-have-been-killed-in-the-us-iran-war-4000-show-estimates-101773895355129.html

Iran state media puts it at 1,270

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-many-people-have-been-killed-us-israel-war-iran-2026-03-17/


US has been dropping 2,000 pound bombs on Iran, which have a kill radius of 350 meters and can structurally damage buildings in a 850 meter radius. There are many civilian casualties no doubt. Those are the bombs Biden halted the shipments of to Israel as they were generating too much news in Gaza, too many deaths at once reaching through to the mainstream media.
https://fxb.harvard.edu/blog/2024/10/10/new-study-shows-israel-air-dropped-2000lb-bombs-within-lethal-and-damage-ranges-of-hospitals-in-gaza/


Don't just look at one source, look at many.

Yeah the site says CNN and BBC are mostly factual. It also gives Fox a higher than deserved rating. And it rates NPR as highly accurate, despite NPR having a serious bias in immigration and transgender issues. Anyway, you can still use their scale to see that Al Jazeera is not a reputable source. After all if the questionable CNN and BBC are rated as mostly factual then Al Jazeera should be considered trash since it has a mixed accuracy rating. And if Fox news gets a rating of low accurracy despite being deserving it's own catagory called "absolute dogshit propaganda" then you can see how Al Jazeera deserves "low" instead of mixed. In other words mediasfactcheck is softballing everyone. 

Your sources say the following: Here are the tolls reported by Thursday, which Reuters has not independently verified.

Anyway, your willingness to use questionable sources like Al Jazeera or Iran State Media really hurts your argument. It's like watching a prosecutor bring fingerprints, and video evidence. Everything he needs to convict. And then he ends his statement with "Also my toddler said the accused is a doo-doo head" without a shred of irony or humor. Like he legitimately thinks his toddler's word is equally as damning as the fingerprint or video evidence. 

Too many people on the left/right issue spend so much time in their own bubble that they forget how ridiculous their positions sound to normal people. And that's when you lose people. Nobody wants to listen to a political zealot, and using certain sources makes you look like one.