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It's a trust symbol. You must know that. If Google puts those words in front of an article, it promotes that article as authoritative. They're not saying "Ot
by pdx 10y ago
It's a trust symbol. You must know that. If Google puts those words in front of an article, it promotes that article as authoritative.
They're not saying "Other Opinions", they're saying "Fact Check".
- witty_username 10y agoIt doesn't make it authoritative or a trust symbol. They're just saying the type of article, such as an editorial or fact check. I don't automatically trust fact checks as being the truth.
- DanBC 10y ago> I don't The need for sites like snopes and all the other fact checking sites shows that most people do in fact believe everything they read on the Internet, especially if it aligns with their existing biases. That's one of the reasons why the Coen brothers included the "this is a true story" thing - they wondered how many people would believe it the film was true if they put a simple bit of text at the beginning.
- nickff 10y agoI'd bet that most people who 'fact-check' something (political) on the internet are seeking to disprove it, because they disagreed. Most people seem to react to things they agree with by saying "see? That's just what I thought!"