[MeganC]

Let me just share on how I tend to assess news:

If Russia’s government claims sudden good news in the war I immediately doubt it until it is further validated.

If Ukraine’s government claims sudden good news in the war I immediately doubt it until it is further validated.

If Russia’s government claims sudden BAD news in the war I immediately doubt it until it is further validated.

If Ukraine’s government claims sudden bad news in the war I immediately doubt it until it is further validated.

HOWEVER, when the Russian propagandists concede bad news for Russia it tends to be consistently and mostly true. This much I will give them credit for.

Ukraine allows reporting by foreign media so bad news in the Ukrainian media is usually and promptly verified or debunked by foreign media. Sometimes the Ukrainians overstate their losses.

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, we’ve all had to come up with something close to that.

Thanks for the mention.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Your methodology is yours. I am skeptic about it all.

Part of my skepticism is that Google /YouTube is profiting both ways and throughout while others lose limbs and lives.

Another part of my skepticism is that our government too is duplicitous, as I am sure you have seen some of the news of Biden continuing to fund the Taliban in Afghanistan. Ach, du lieber!

When the dust clears -- in a month or a year -- we'll know the outcome of the Ukraine/Russia war. Because it will end as all wars do. More or less, and perhaps with the odd exception of the Korea situation.

We probably will disagree in this, but I think Z and P and B are all thugs. In that regard, I should like to see the last of them all. Regards. Keep to your course. It's what we all do.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Your methodology is yours. I am skeptic about it all.

Part of my skepticism is that Google /YouTube is profiting both ways and throughout while others lose limbs and lives.

Another part of my skepticism is that our government too is duplicitous, as I am sure you have seen some of the news of Biden continuing to fund the Taliban in Afghanistan. Ach, du lieber!

When the dust clears -- in a month or a year -- we'll know the outcome of the Ukraine/Russia war. Because it will end as all wars do. More or less, and perhaps with the odd exception of the Korea situation.

We probably will disagree in this, but I think Z and P and B are all thugs. In that regard, I should like to see the last of them all. Regards. Keep to your course. It's what we all do.