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I think more lines need to be drawn here. The claim is "did he say it" and the answer is "yes". If they wanted to fact check whether "Biden said he didn't care

by tjs8rj 6y ago

I think more lines need to be drawn here. The claim is "did he say it" and the answer is "yes". If they wanted to fact check whether "Biden said he didn't care about young people in a disparaging way", that would be fine, but it also is just a moral judgement. The actual problem here is that Snopes doesn't apply this standard evenly. For a democrat, it "requires context", for a republican, it's just "100% true".

tablespoon 6y ago
> I think more lines need to be drawn here. The claim is "did he say it" and the answer is "yes". > If they wanted to fact check whether "Biden said he didn't care about young people in a disparaging way", that would be fine, but it also is just a moral judgement. But the literal claim "did he utter these words" is practically meaningless. By that standard, if you once said "I don't understand people who think the movie Battlefield Earth is great, it's a waste of time." I could say "tjs8rj said 'the movie Battlefield Earth is great,'" or "tjs8rj said 'I don't understand people,'" and you'd have to fact check that as a "yes," even though I inverted your meaning. What people really care about is what's was meant. > The actual problem here is that Snopes doesn't apply this standard evenly. For a democrat, it "requires context", for a republican, it's just "100% true". I'm not convinced that's actually the case.