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>> 0 + 0 = 0 If it was politically important, then yes, there would be a fact check that asserted that 0 + 0 = 0 lacks context.
by rufus_foreman 3y ago
>> 0 + 0 = 0
If it was politically important, then yes, there would be a fact check that asserted that 0 + 0 = 0 lacks context.
- 082349872349872 3y agoIf I have understood TFA properly, whether or not the fact checks mentioned anything about context in the hypothetical politically important 0+0=0 case, they would at least all agree that this particular tautology is a fact? In politically important cases, should we ask for anything more? (can we ask for anything more?) I like Linebarger's theory on these cases: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48612/48612-h/48612-h.htm#:~:text=The%20facts,into%20propaganda https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48612/48612-h/48612-h.htm#:~... but maybe wartime propaganda is important enough that they strove to be factual; while modern journalism is just the cheapest way for publishers to fill necessary space between the ads? (I understand that those in the business have done studies, and know for each genre of publication exactly what the optimal ratio of article text to ad spots may be; publishers are not journalists, and if they could've retained an audience while running 0% content/100% ads they would already have done so)