this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2026
218 points (70.8% liked)

Memes

55744 readers
470 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 7 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Got any primary sources

Fucking hell, I swear you people can't read

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why is my link not a primary source?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you fucking serious right now?

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Please educate me.

A primary source is a source with first hand information (e.g. a witness) or a source that does not cite other sources as their source. Disregarding the credability of NBC, how does the article I linked not fit that description?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I really hope you're trolling. The NBC article literally cites other sources.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

this article explains it: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defector.html?referringSource=articleShare

tldr: they're paid and/or coerced to it by recruiters to make up shit.