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There are websites that fact check politicians, call them out on big lies, give them ratings etc. Why isn't there the same for mainstream news?
by coob 12y ago
There are websites that fact check politicians, call them out on big lies, give them ratings etc. Why isn't there the same for mainstream news?
- austenallred 12y agoI don't know; I'm trying to create one (https://grasswire.com https://grasswire.com)
- judk 12y agohttp://fair.org http://fair.org Who is going to pay for it?
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- bsg75 12y agoProbably because fact checking can be a time consuming, and therefore costly process, and by skipping it, mainstream news can push more "live feeds" (news from Facebook and Twitter), in an attempt to be First and Exclusive. There is a negative ROI on research for the media, and thus they have no incentive to be accurate or factual, because consumers lap it up even when it is sensational, unbelievable, or just plain wrong.