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fact-checked actually means media-checked. Either through online media or books. But who checkes the media? It's ok for natural history side of checks, but fo
by est 4y ago
fact-checked actually means media-checked.
Either through online media or books.
But who checkes the media? It's ok for natural history side of checks, but for social or political stuff it's a shitshow.
- jjeaff 4y agoI don't think that is necessarily the case. Good fact checks include links to primary sources like legal documents and in-context video. Quite a bit of the nonsense over the last few years has been easily debunked by looking at the primary sources. (Reading the actual affidavits submitted by those claiming there was fraud going on in the elections was very enlightening.)
- annexrichmond 4y ago> Good fact checks include links to primary sources like legal documents and in-context video I don't think that is necessarily the case. Their interpretations and conclusions drawn from such sources can be misleading