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Post by oedipustex on Oct 30, 2024 10:56:53 GMT -6
A question I always ask of anyone trotting out the opinion of a fact-checker. Here is an interesting article (from the summer) I ran across this morning: The Refs Are Working Us
Fact-checking used to be how journalists policed themselves. Now it’s how they police everyone else. M. Anthony Mills www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-refs-are-working-us |
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Post by captbudman on Oct 30, 2024 11:28:08 GMT -6
A question I always ask of anyone trotting out the opinion of a fact-checker. Here is an interesting article (from the summer) I ran across this morning: The Refs Are Working Us
Fact-checking used to be how journalists policed themselves. Now it’s how they police everyone else. M. Anthony Mills www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-refs-are-working-usBrummer -- serious question: Have you ever trusted the "Fact Checkers?" All the "Fact Checkers" do is provide political cover for progressives and Marxist to lie in the news media and censor people on lie. They print their "fact checks," act like their shit doesn't stink, and simply assert what they've written is true because they are self-proclaimed fact checkers who are always right.  |
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Post by Billy John Davy on Oct 30, 2024 12:10:31 GMT -6
I do; Current Affairs Certified fact checker.
and twitter.
and common sense.
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Post by oedipustex on Oct 30, 2024 14:14:06 GMT -6
A question I always ask of anyone trotting out the opinion of a fact-checker. Here is an interesting article (from the summer) I ran across this morning: The Refs Are Working Us
Fact-checking used to be how journalists policed themselves. Now it’s how they police everyone else. M. Anthony Mills www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-refs-are-working-usBrummer -- serious question: Have you ever trusted the "Fact Checkers?" All the "Fact Checkers" do is provide political cover for progressives and Marxist to lie in the news media and censor people on lie. They print their "fact checks," act like their shit doesn't stink, and simply assert what they've written is true because they are self-proclaimed fact checkers who are always right. Good question. I've never trusted "fact checkers," but I think the role developed before the idiom. The term wasn't yet in use when Snopes became popular around 2000. At the time it was a breath of fresh air to have an unbiased source at your fingertips to check the veracity of the growing body of internet rumors. However, it didn't take long to discover the underlying biases in Snopes' work. It wasn't much later that the biases became far more prevalent than "underlying." Suffice to say I stopped trusting fact-checkers during the first W administration. |
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Post by captbudman on Oct 30, 2024 15:36:39 GMT -6
Brummer -- serious question: Have you ever trusted the "Fact Checkers?" All the "Fact Checkers" do is provide political cover for progressives and Marxist to lie in the news media and censor people on lie. They print their "fact checks," act like their shit doesn't stink, and simply assert what they've written is true because they are self-proclaimed fact checkers who are always right. Good question. I've never trusted "fact checkers," but I think the role developed before the idiom. The term wasn't yet in use when Snopes became popular around 2000. At the time it was a breath of fresh air to have an unbiased source at your fingertips to check the veracity of the growing body of internet rumors. However, it didn't take long to discover the underlying biases in Snopes' work. It wasn't much later that the biases became far more prevalent than "underlying." Suffice to say I stopped trusting fact-checkers during the first W administration. Snopes was originally created by a husband and wife team to counter "Urban Legends." At one point, it was fairly accurate. The husband and wife got divorced, after which she sold her half to a media company. Now its a progressive bullshit organization. |
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