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"Instead, the observed asymmetry could be explained entirely by the tendency of Republicans to share more misinformation." ...misinformation defined by whom?

"Instead, the observed asymmetry could be explained entirely by the tendency of Republicans to share more misinformation." ...misinformation defined by whom? Factually speaking, the vast bulk of the "Russiagate" scandal was a hoax designed to achieve a political agenda, pure and simple. Trump may be as corrupt as the next guy, but there is no evidence that implicates him as a Russian asset. But who was removed from social media for boosting this blatant misinformation? Literally no one.

olsonjeffery 5y ago
If you read the study you would know the answer, because they literally define the very thing you’re asking about. As helpfully posted elsewhere in this thread: > Helping to address concerns about potential liberal bias among fact-checkers, we also examined untrustworthiness ratings from politically-balanced crowds of demographically representative (quota-sampled) American laypeople recruited via Lucid (15), rather than professional fact-checkers.
- pphysch 5y ago
  The study pivots around popular perceptions of QAnon/Pizzagate as the archetype of "misinformation" and has zero mention of its political mirror-image, Russiagate. Both are false and ridiculous conspiracy theories aimed at defaming the opposing leadership. By omitting one of the two elephants (donkeys?) in the room, it has hard to take this study seriously. Very poor experimental design.
alphabettsy 5y ago
Didn’t the Trump Camp lie about meeting with Russian operatives? Didn’t people end up in jail for lying and refusing to cooperate? It was absolutely political, but isn’t anything concerning an investigation of a sitting President?
- pphysch 5y ago
  The bottom line is that the Steele Dossier was a QAnon-tier piece of disinformation, yet was endlessly paraded as "mostly true" by establishment media. That is an unexcusable double standard.
  - kenjackson 5y ago
    Almost no one believes most of what is in the Steele dossier. And news sources like CNN and Washington Post refused to print allegations in it. It was the Mueller report and it’s lead up that generated most of the discussion.

olsonjeffery 5y ago

If you read the study you would know the answer, because they literally define the very thing you’re asking about. As helpfully posted elsewhere in this thread: > Helping to address concerns about potential liberal bias among fact-checkers, we also examined untrustworthiness ratings from politically-balanced crowds of demographically representative (quota-sampled) American laypeople recruited via Lucid (15), rather than professional fact-checkers.

pphysch 5y ago
The study pivots around popular perceptions of QAnon/Pizzagate as the archetype of "misinformation" and has zero mention of its political mirror-image, Russiagate. Both are false and ridiculous conspiracy theories aimed at defaming the opposing leadership. By omitting one of the two elephants (donkeys?) in the room, it has hard to take this study seriously. Very poor experimental design.

alphabettsy 5y ago

Didn’t the Trump Camp lie about meeting with Russian operatives? Didn’t people end up in jail for lying and refusing to cooperate? It was absolutely political, but isn’t anything concerning an investigation of a sitting President?

pphysch 5y ago
The bottom line is that the Steele Dossier was a QAnon-tier piece of disinformation, yet was endlessly paraded as "mostly true" by establishment media. That is an unexcusable double standard.
- kenjackson 5y ago
  Almost no one believes most of what is in the Steele dossier. And news sources like CNN and Washington Post refused to print allegations in it. It was the Mueller report and it’s lead up that generated most of the discussion.