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What they debunked was a twitter post that claimed Biden admitted to voter fraud. They didn’t claim that he did not say that sentence. They even posted a full t
by WD-42 5y ago
What they debunked was a twitter post that claimed Biden admitted to voter fraud. They didn’t claim that he did not say that sentence. They even posted a full transcript. Did you actually read this before posting it?
- jscipione 5y ago
- wutbrodo 5y agoWhile Snopes could take on the mantle of hyperliteralism, this would be a pretty paralyzing extension of scope. Would they need to fact-check articles that referenced a PD's "homicide divisions", clarifying that their charter is to investigate homicide instead of perpetrate it? Would they be able to countenance references to a supermarket without clarifying that Safeway has not invented a type of market that can fly and has X-ray vision? There are undoubtedly people whose language skills are poor enough to think that "voter fraud organization" here means "organization to commit voter fraud" instead of "organization to combat voter fraud". I'm not a fan of Snopes at all, but I don't think it's unreasonable that they exclude the tiny segment of the population in need of remedial literacy classes from their target audience.
- WD-42 5y agoCan we agree to be adults here? It’s clear to any reasonable person what he meant. It is bad faith arguments like the one you are making that has made political discourse so toxic in this country.