and maybe the report here isn’t fact. I discount it because of the channel reporting it and because there is a lot of made up lies about what is going on. So I believe non of it, especially since I don’t care whether or not it is true. We don’t have a vital national interest at stake here.
I showed you guys the same report re the Russian-Chinese negotiations from a trade journal - “Offshore Technology” an oil and gas journal. I like trade journals, their audience (engineers and managers) is not looking for political endorphin hits, nor are their publishers trying to make political points.
https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/russia-china-gas-pipeline-talks/
You can search more and find the same from other sources.
I suggest you all follow up specifics in reports you doubt. I have found in most cases that specifics are normally not wrong, it is the context in which they are placed and how the piece is “spun”.
There is of course the uncommon case where the facts are wrong. Its much more common in wartime from official sources. But if you find one its a bit of a coup.