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Plainly, doesn't hold.

1 claim that doesn't survive even the modest version.

Plainly, holds up 6 Plainly, mixed 20 Plainly, doesn't hold 1 Plainly, can't be settled 2

1 tested claim: read plainly, 1 fails; read at their widest, 1 fails.

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UKMedia legitimacy and political labelling The claim

An Economist interview shows the mainstream media applies the far-right label in bad faith, out of hostility rather than description.

The catch

The label has a documented basis for at least one of the organisations involved, which is the opposite of description-free.

Cut these 1 another way

Everything here matches on every other measure too.