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I'm confused why we are fact checking viral slop. First, you would have to confirm she wrote it. When and where was it published. If you can't confirm that, you
by altcognito 1y ago
I'm confused why we are fact checking viral slop. First, you would have to confirm she wrote it. When and where was it published. If you can't confirm that, you shouldn't post it. Stop, go no further.
What if the information was plausible, or even accurate. If she didn't write it, what value is it?
- jimmydddd 1y agoAgreed. It seems like a supposed quote? If my elderly mom wrote that she went to a NY Mets baseball game in 1960, and Wikipedia says the Mets weren't formed until 1962, is a newspaper supposed to determine that the quote is not legit bacause my mom mis-wrote or was confused?
- BeetleB 1y ago> is a newspaper supposed to determine that the quote is not legit bacause my mom mis-wrote or was confused? If the newspaper is printing it, they own it. A mere footnote pointing out that the Mets didn't exist then would suffice.
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- zahlman 1y agoThe fact-check discovered the information to be so implausible that it would arguably have no value to publish even if she did say it (being completely mistaken about all the facts of her own life).
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