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Yes the right wing does have worse-off sourcing in general in comparison to the left wing. But the left wing is what has been holding power, a la the article he

Yes the right wing does have worse-off sourcing in general in comparison to the left wing. But the left wing is what has been holding power, a la the article here, with the partisan Snopes given control over the content of people's feeds. My main criticism of Snopes is their choices of what perspective of the 'facts' that they will check. The worst example of this is seen here (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronald-reagan-alzheimers-disease/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ronald-reagan-alzheimers-d...) in that according to the article itself, it would have been incredibly unlikely for Reagan to have had diagnosable Alzheimer's during his presidency, and yet the rating is not a "No" or a "No" with some qualifications, but an "Unproven".

pfisch 8y ago
From the evidence presented there I would say it is unclear. Also no one can fact check everything just like no one can report everything. So I agree there are subtle ways of being biased that don’t require telling lies. That will always be a limitation. That said the right tells so many more lies that any fact checking service should be spending more time on the right vs the left.
- drilldrive 8y ago
  Sorry, I should have given the quote that I was referring to: "It must also be said that given that the average life expectancy of a patient diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease is eight to 10 years, Reagan, who died in 2004 (10 years after his diagnosis), would have been extraordinarily long-lived for an Alzheimer’s patient if he was already suffering from the disease, as some claim, in 1984." I was certainly being hyperbolic above in saying this article was the worst offender though. Here is also another mild case: (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-senate-ban-he-she/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-senate-ban-he-s...), where the headline is geared toward the strongest claim and yet there is in fact a nonstandard situation in that there is a push within the committee to designate 'they' as the standard pronoun, and documents were altered. But seeing as the right winged media made the claims of banning themselves, Snopes is boxed in here.

pfisch 8y ago

From the evidence presented there I would say it is unclear. Also no one can fact check everything just like no one can report everything. So I agree there are subtle ways of being biased that don’t require telling lies. That will always be a limitation. That said the right tells so many more lies that any fact checking service should be spending more time on the right vs the left.

drilldrive 8y ago
Sorry, I should have given the quote that I was referring to: "It must also be said that given that the average life expectancy of a patient diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease is eight to 10 years, Reagan, who died in 2004 (10 years after his diagnosis), would have been extraordinarily long-lived for an Alzheimer’s patient if he was already suffering from the disease, as some claim, in 1984." I was certainly being hyperbolic above in saying this article was the worst offender though. Here is also another mild case: (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-senate-ban-he-she/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-senate-ban-he-s...), where the headline is geared toward the strongest claim and yet there is in fact a nonstandard situation in that there is a push within the committee to designate 'they' as the standard pronoun, and documents were altered. But seeing as the right winged media made the claims of banning themselves, Snopes is boxed in here.