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This is exactly the goal state sponsored disinformation campaigns. To flood the marketplace of ideas with so much "fake news" that no one believes anything anym
by wstrange 6y ago
This is exactly the goal state sponsored disinformation campaigns. To flood the marketplace of ideas with so much "fake news" that no one believes anything anymore. When that happens, people feel free to believe in what is convenient or aligns with their personal world view.
The reality is that not all news sources are equally bad or biased. Some do a better job of fact checking than others.
- tomp 6y agoMainstream "reputable" media has ran many campaigns that are obviously not Russia-sponsored, least-of-all the Russia-gate conspiracy theory, and all of "Trump is sexist", "Trump is racist", "Trump supports white supremacy" stories based on fake Trump quotes ("fake" as in, taken out of context and twisted).
- manigandham 6y agoSure, some do better than others. However none are good at it, and therefore the bar is so low that it's better to assume it's all false until proven otherwise.
- pmarreck 6y agoIt's not a very glamorously-designed site but I've found https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ to be pretty solid. I'm glad they rate political inclination separately from factuality because I've gotten to the point that I only care about the latter, and not the former, and highly suggest others do too. Nothing rated below "HIGH" in Factual Reporting should be passed along, IMHO. They always link to the evidence for their ratings.