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I mean, once they are in the business of fact checking, I don't see why any specific source would be off limits. On the other hand I think this shows the absur

by anm89 5y ago

I mean, once they are in the business of fact checking, I don't see why any specific source would be off limits. On the other hand I think this shows the absurdity especially of labeling things as inaccurate without saying what specifically you are actually calling inaccurate because how would you know if the fact check is valid or not.

rossdavidh 5y ago
...plus, it's not like the CDC is incapable of error, but I trust them on this issue a whole lot more than Facebook.
- anm89 5y ago
  Right, if they have to fact check anything, it seems like they'd have to fact check everything, and then if Facebook is capable and required to fact check every single thing on it's platform and arbitrate the truth it's like they'd have to be some kind of omniscient truth knower. If they aren't in some privileged position of truth holding all you've got is facebook applying its narrative layer on top of everyone else's narrative layer. You're exactly where you started. I guess a better way to say this is that I think the idea that Facebook is capable of arbitrating the truth is at its core, philosophically, a nonsense proposition.