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If Snopes is doing more conservative fact-checks than liberal fact-checks, it's probably because the modern Republican party seems to have made "lying" into one
by eridius 8y ago
If Snopes is doing more conservative fact-checks than liberal fact-checks, it's probably because the modern Republican party seems to have made "lying" into one of its core principles (this is most certainly true for the President, and is at the very least a common pastime for other Republican bigwigs).
> At the time of last checking, Snopes had a single political fact-checker, she was a staunch Democrat.
What's your source on this? Snopes's own documentation for their team doesn't indicate that any particular person is "the single political fact-checker", and Snopes itself is run by 2 passionately apolitical people.
I just did a random sampling of several of the "latest fact checks" that appear to relate to politics (e.g. about Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, or Trump) and in the first 5 facts I checked, I found 4 different writers. So as far as I can tell, it's not remotely true that they have "a single political fact-checker".
- sremani 8y agoThe OP was describing Snopes Pre-Trump era and much of the 2016 election cycle, I think he was ball park right.
- RickJWagner 8y agoHave a look at this article from Forbes. The assertions (if true) are pretty harsh against Snopes. Please give it a fair read, offer your perspective. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-daily-mail-snopes-story-and-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/#16860012227f https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-dai...
- cauthon 8y agoThat's not an article from Forbes. It's a blog post hosted on the Forbes website. Any Forbes.com/sites/{something} page isn't Forbes content, it's independent content unaffiliated with the Forbes editorial team
- RickJWagner 8y agoFair enough, thanks for the correction. Still, if the assertions are true, it raises concerns.
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