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I agree. But Twitter’s fact checking in India is not about such nuanced matters. Someone literally makes up Hindu-Muslim BS and spreads it on social media when
by jimsimmons 5y ago
I agree. But Twitter’s fact checking in India is not about such nuanced matters. Someone literally makes up Hindu-Muslim BS and spreads it on social media when it’s demonstrably false. This is what folks like Alt News do. Bust fake news about “Brahmin priest attacked by Salim” as “A picture of a guy accidentally falling in the pit from 2004”
- screye 5y agoaltnews is the definition of a propaganda channel. Almost all their debunking is "BJP propaganda is false." That's fair, but they barely even touch similar propaganda being spread by opposition. it is a classic case of lying by omission. Especially when you call yourself a 'fact checker'.
- jimsimmons 5y agoI don’t understand how anyone can take any issue with someone reducing fake news however biased they are. Some scientist spend their entire lives critiquing certain areas of research. That doesn’t make them less valid or valuable. In fact it’s the opposite. Why does a party that apparently enjoys extreme popularity need such high amounts of fake news? The fact that you see propaganda in a fake news fighter and not the fake news shows you’re a fish in the an ocean of fake news.