Factcheckers: who checks the checkers?

[bzparkes]

Interesting deep dive into Fact Checking site Snopes by Upper Echelon here, for those who want evidence of 'fact checkers' having a political bias.

 

[Trouto]

Interesting deep dive into Fact Checking site Snopes by Upper Echelon here, for those who want evidence of 'fact checkers' having a political bias.

Did anyone fact check this video???

in all serious though, the idea that someone who labels themselves as a checker of facts are a fully trustworthy source and not potentially compomised by money/influence etc.. is silly.

I rekon people should fact check their own info

 

[bzparkes]

Did anyone fact check this video???

in all serious though, the idea that someone who labels themselves as a checker of facts are a fully trustworthy source and not potentially compomised by money/influence etc.. is silly.

I rekon people should fact check their own info

Regardless of the side of the political isle people are on, those who gravitate toward 'fact checking' are usually only interested in using that platform to further their own cause.

Whilst it's not fact-checking exactly, just look at how people are editing Wikipedia these days to further whatever political agenda they are pushing, instead of simply presenting information and letting the reader decide.

 

[Trouto]

Regardless of the side of the political isle people are on, those who gravitate toward 'fact checking' are usually only interested in using that platform to further their own cause.

Whilst it's not fact-checking exactly, just look at how people are editing Wikipedia these days to further whatever political agenda they are pushing, instead of simply presenting information and letting the reader decide.

Its a sure sign of the death of critical thinking when we look to an organisation to "fact check" for us instead of looking into it ourselves.

 

[bzparkes]

Its a sure sign of the death of critical thinking when we look to an organisation to "fact check" for us instead of looking into it ourselves.

It's also a big sign of how lazy people are.

 

[Trouto]

It's also a big sign of how lazy people are.

yeah 100%

Or to put it a different way, maybe people have too much on to sit down and research something. The "now" generation want things done for them instead of doing it themselves, thus leaving themselves open to being exploited.

I mean, if you dont trust a news report that appears on the internet, but you trust the "fact checker" checking the news report.....

 

[HitTheNailOnTheHead]

Great video. Explains some of the crappy, biased Snopes 'Fact Checks' I've seen.

 

[Johnny_Dogg4]

the people who control the narrative of course