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That is barely credible given the source is Breitbart.

cema 9y ago
An aside note: I have noticed that recently (starting about one year ago) there has been a meme of Breitbart not being a reliable source, while its opposite counterpart Huffington Post does not seem to have this reputation. I wonder if there is a better reason for that than just political disagreement, perhaps there are studies on the relative reliability of different sources (online and offline)? Thanks!
- edynoid 9y ago
  Admittedly I have not fact-checked a statistically significant sample of their articles. But their Wikipedia article for instance tells a tale of published falsehoods, conspiracy theories and the like. The political disagreement is an orthogonal factor, but does play a role, of course.
  - EJTH 9y ago
    Are you really too lazy to do your own fact checking on a case to case basis instead of relying on these rediculus memes to keep yourself from reading something that might hurt your feel feels?
jazzyk 9y ago
If you are alleging that they photo-shopped these screenshots - it would be intellectually honest to present a proof, rather than just smear the source, because you don't like it.
- edynoid 9y ago
  For the record, I am not alleging this in particular. For all I know, it might be true. Although given Breitbart's history reading anything on that site does not hold much value. After all, they have run stories about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring and continuously deny the scientifically evident reality of climate change, for example.
  - jazzyk 9y ago
    So, using your logic, I assume nothing in the NYT holds much value to you, because they have run stories (without proving any evidence) about "Trump and the prostitutes" in Moscow?
    - MR_FEET 9y ago
      or the sinking of the maine
    - SamBam 9y ago
      Has the NYT ever claimed that Trump met prostitutes in Moscow? Go ahead, find a link saying they have. Did Breitbart push the PizzaGate sex ring story? [Yes](https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/789143692540055552 https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/789143692540055552), [absolutely](https://twitter.com/AndrewBreitbart/status/33636278100561920 https://twitter.com/AndrewBreitbart/status/33636278100561920).
      - jazzyk 9y ago
        This is off-topic, so very briefly: The NYT published at least two stories about an "unverified" dossier on Trump. Admitting it is unverified, yet they claim: 1. "consequences have been incalculable and will play out long past Inauguration Day" 2. "By all accounts, Mr. Steele has an excellent reputation" Is it just me, or do they (subtly) suggest that, while "unverified", there may be something to the dossier? If it is unverified (and quite damning), why publish it? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-...
        SippinLean 9y ago
        >If it is unverified (and quite damning), why publish it? They are reporting on the effects of unsubstantiated reports, not publishing them as fact. A far cry from BB knowingly publishing falsehoods. >Has the NYT ever claimed that Trump met prostitutes in Moscow? Go ahead, find a link saying they have. You skipped over that part. Have they ever claimed that?

cema 9y ago

An aside note: I have noticed that recently (starting about one year ago) there has been a meme of Breitbart not being a reliable source, while its opposite counterpart Huffington Post does not seem to have this reputation. I wonder if there is a better reason for that than just political disagreement, perhaps there are studies on the relative reliability of different sources (online and offline)? Thanks!

edynoid 9y ago
Admittedly I have not fact-checked a statistically significant sample of their articles. But their Wikipedia article for instance tells a tale of published falsehoods, conspiracy theories and the like. The political disagreement is an orthogonal factor, but does play a role, of course.
- EJTH 9y ago
  Are you really too lazy to do your own fact checking on a case to case basis instead of relying on these rediculus memes to keep yourself from reading something that might hurt your feel feels?

jazzyk 9y ago

If you are alleging that they photo-shopped these screenshots - it would be intellectually honest to present a proof, rather than just smear the source, because you don't like it.

edynoid 9y ago
For the record, I am not alleging this in particular. For all I know, it might be true. Although given Breitbart's history reading anything on that site does not hold much value. After all, they have run stories about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring and continuously deny the scientifically evident reality of climate change, for example.
- jazzyk 9y ago
  So, using your logic, I assume nothing in the NYT holds much value to you, because they have run stories (without proving any evidence) about "Trump and the prostitutes" in Moscow?
  - MR_FEET 9y ago
    or the sinking of the maine
  - SamBam 9y ago
    Has the NYT ever claimed that Trump met prostitutes in Moscow? Go ahead, find a link saying they have. Did Breitbart push the PizzaGate sex ring story? [Yes](https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/789143692540055552 https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/789143692540055552), [absolutely](https://twitter.com/AndrewBreitbart/status/33636278100561920 https://twitter.com/AndrewBreitbart/status/33636278100561920).
    - jazzyk 9y ago
      This is off-topic, so very briefly: The NYT published at least two stories about an "unverified" dossier on Trump. Admitting it is unverified, yet they claim: 1. "consequences have been incalculable and will play out long past Inauguration Day" 2. "By all accounts, Mr. Steele has an excellent reputation" Is it just me, or do they (subtly) suggest that, while "unverified", there may be something to the dossier? If it is unverified (and quite damning), why publish it? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/donald-trump-...
      - SippinLean 9y ago
        >If it is unverified (and quite damning), why publish it? They are reporting on the effects of unsubstantiated reports, not publishing them as fact. A far cry from BB knowingly publishing falsehoods. >Has the NYT ever claimed that Trump met prostitutes in Moscow? Go ahead, find a link saying they have. You skipped over that part. Have they ever claimed that?