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Not really. Have you ever heard of "Unsubstantiated claims" ? Let me ask you the classic; "When did you stop beating your wife?"
by bilekas 7y ago
Not really. Have you ever heard of "Unsubstantiated claims" ?
Let me ask you the classic; "When did you stop beating your wife?"
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- chrisseaton 7y ago> Not really. You don’t think people call things ‘fake news’ just because they disagree with it? Calling things fake news is a common type of fake news these days!
- bilekas 7y agoThats fine, but those people are not under the fact checking standard : https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/ https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/ There are methods and proceedures in place to fact check. I'm really surprised people think facts are opinion based.
- chrisseaton 7y ago> There are methods and proceedures in place to fact check. Not everyone follows methods and procedures to fact check properly... that’s... the... problem. When InfoWars calls things fake news, they ain’t carefully going through your policy.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI'm sure there's a neutral, disinterested fact checker somewhere in the world. But my experience with political fact checkers is mostly composed of people posting Snopes articles with similar keywords to what I said. I'm not sure I trust Facebook to hire the right kind.
- IIAOPSW 7y ago1. The existence of unsubstantiated claims does not contradict the statement that people call any news they disagree with fake. 2. "When did you stop beating your wife" is a an example of a completely unrelated fallacy.