The problem with the current news cycle is the lack of Fact-Checking. The general rush to get the story out before your competitor comes at the expense of fact-checking.
This is actually a bigger deal than bias reporting. Because if we have bias information with factual information, someone can view multiple sources and get a bigger picture of what is happening.
However, when non-factual (or just flat out lies) are posted we are given conflicting information in which we will just stick to the source that we
The problem with the current news cycle is the lack of Fact-Checking.
And whom will you trust to do such checking? Certainly not anyone currently pretending to be such a checker...
The spoof — from even before Trump got elected — was that, if Trump claimed "the sky is blue", these checkers would denounce it as "mostly false" and "four Pinocchios", because the sky is sometimes red, and also black during the night...
Even if it weren't political — is wearing masks reducing or increasing the ris
"The spoof — from even before Trump got elected — was that, if Trump claimed "the sky is blue", these checkers would denounce it as "mostly false" and "four Pinocchios", because the sky is sometimes red, and also black during the night..."
The spoof? Indeed, a spoof since nothing like this ever happened. Lies like yours are a great example of what is being talked about.
Indeed, a spoof since nothing like this ever happened
Please... Here is but a recent one [politifact.com] — with Trump's statement, that Biden accused him of xenophobia claimed "mostly false", because, emphasis mine:
But Biden did not explicitly tie xenophobia to the travel restriction.
See? Sky really is not blue...
Now show me, where the claims, that "Trump wants to fuck his own daughter", are being debunked by our diligent fact-checkers — because he, actually, said the exact opposite of that... I'll wait:)
We need fact checking (Score:5, Insightful)
The problem with the current news cycle is the lack of Fact-Checking. The general rush to get the story out before your competitor comes at the expense of fact-checking.
This is actually a bigger deal than bias reporting. Because if we have bias information with factual information, someone can view multiple sources and get a bigger picture of what is happening.
However, when non-factual (or just flat out lies) are posted we are given conflicting information in which we will just stick to the source that we
Ministry of Truth will do the Fact-Checking (Score:1, Insightful)
And whom will you trust to do such checking? Certainly not anyone currently pretending to be such a checker...
The spoof — from even before Trump got elected — was that, if Trump claimed "the sky is blue", these checkers would denounce it as "mostly false" and "four Pinocchios", because the sky is sometimes red, and also black during the night...
Even if it weren't political — is wearing masks reducing or increasing the ris
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"The spoof — from even before Trump got elected — was that, if Trump claimed "the sky is blue", these checkers would denounce it as "mostly false" and "four Pinocchios", because the sky is sometimes red, and also black during the night..."
The spoof? Indeed, a spoof since nothing like this ever happened. Lies like yours are a great example of what is being talked about.
Re:Ministry of Truth will do the Fact-Checking (Score:0)
Please... Here is but a recent one [politifact.com] — with Trump's statement, that Biden accused him of xenophobia claimed "mostly false", because, emphasis mine:
See? Sky really is not blue...
Now show me, where the claims, that "Trump wants to fuck his own daughter", are being debunked by our diligent fact-checkers — because he, actually, said the exact opposite of that... I'll wait :)