[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

What is certain and demonstrable is that this daily thread promotes daily monetized “war porn,” such as “Reports from Ukraine” uploaded in the US, and “Combat Veteran Reacts” also uploaded from the US. This is not reporting from the front, or anywhere near the front, of course. But such is an income stream in this war's great and grand grift by the many.

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[Timber Rattler]

This is not reporting from the front, or anywhere near the front, of course.

But the pro-Russian vblogs like in-house favorite "Military Summary" are A-OK. right?

More double standard nonsense...

[buwaya]

It is “open source” reporting, if you will. They put together official information from both sides and third parties, social media items like videos, and more substantial info from social media sources of both sides.

You could of course do all this yourself, but it would take you a few hours a day, and there is a learning curve. Some experience needed, and some contacts needed. Finding a translator for stuff that needs a degree of relevant subject matter knowledge, or knowing who to ask for satellite pics and interpretation help.

Indeed, this is much more than what the “professional” MSM usually does, in such cases where they deign to pay attention.