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The Fact-Check Racket Finally Unravels
The Fact-Check Racket Finally Unravels Before the COVID lockdowns, social media companies had started contracting with new third-parties organizations called fact-checkers to assist in “content creation.” Getting a pass meant the post or story was amplified but getting dinged for inaccuracy meant that the post would be throttled or deleted. For a while we believed it […]
Facebook Fact Checkers getting Fact Checked
Facebook Fact Checkers getting Fact Checked We really have desperate need of independent investigation of both government and Facebook. But the likelihood of an honest investigation is up there with admitting that climate always changes and there is no global warming. The Office of Inspector General is really the ONLY hope of ever having anyone investigate the government. People […]
Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic
Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic The ex-Greenpeacer claims his new book is science-based. It’s gaining traction. But when contacted, researchers he cites said he got their work wrong. Moore wrongly claims that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn’t conclude the climate is changing faster than in the past. Actually, it did. Photo: Shutterstock. Five […]
“Fact-Checking” Takes Another Beating
“Fact-Checking” Takes Another Beating Fact-checkers are great, but the media business keeps trying to solve its credibility problem by misrepresenting what they do The soul of rectitude testifies in the Senate The news business just can’t stop clowning itself. The latest indignity is an international fact-checking debacle originating, of all places, at a “festival of […]
Twitter Tool Could See ‘Verified’ Users Given Power To Label “Lies” & “Harmful” Tweets
Twitter Tool Could See ‘Verified’ Users Given Power To Label “Lies” & “Harmful” Tweets Twitter is preparing to roll out more ways it intends to censor and “label” speech. The company is also experimenting with giving only blue checkmark “verified” fact-checkers and journalists the power to identify “lies” and label and edit accordingly. What could possibly […]
All Along the Watchtower
All Along the Watchtower ‘There must be some way out of here’Said the joker to the thief‘There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no reliefBusinessmen, they drink my winePlowmen dig my earthNone of them along the line know what any of it is worth’ ‘No reason to get excited’, the thief he kindly spoke‘ There […]
‘Media Bias Fact Check’ Smears WikiLeaks, Supports Western Propaganda Machine
‘Media Bias Fact Check’ Smears WikiLeaks, Supports Western Propaganda Machine With the latest US-backed coup underway in Venezuela and Roger Stone’s arrest as much an exercise in theater as the rest of his political career, one may wonder what a critique of Media Bias Fact Check (MBFC) and similar sites could contribute to the conversation in our […]
How a NeoCon-Backed “Fact Checker” Plans to Wage War on Independent Media
NEWSGUARD EXPOSED How a NeoCon-Backed “Fact Checker” Plans to Wage War on Independent Media As Newsguard’s project advances, it will soon become almost impossible to avoid this neocon-approved news site’s ranking systems on any technological device sold in the United States. MINNEAPOLIS — Soon after the social media “purge” of independent media sites and pages […]
Fact-checking the second volume of the U.S. National Climate Assessment
Fact-checking the second volume of the U.S. National Climate Assessment This recently-issued study (the “Assessment”) was seized on by the media as proof of the massive damage the US will suffer if nothing is done about climate change. The Assessment’s conclusions are based largely on speculative model projections that aren’t amenable to checking, but it […]
The problem with models…is getting stuck on just one
The problem with models…is getting stuck on just one Alfred Korzybski, the father of general semantics, first uttered what must now seem like a well-worn phrase: “The map is not the territory.” And yet, I don’t think this view has yet been well-incorporated into human culture. In a time when social media outlets are trying […]
Blowout Week 241
Blowout Week 241 This week’s lead story features YouTube, which is fighting what it considers to be the misinformation on videos posted by global warming dissenters with fact-checking boxes (inset), with the data sourced from Wikipedia. We continue with Saudi Arabia’s oil production – is it up or down?; the Saudi/Canada standoff; US LNG and […]
Fact-Checking the “Fact-Checkers”: Snopes & Politifact Said I’m a Big Fat Liar, But Let’s Look at THEIR “Facts”
Fact-Checking the “Fact-Checkers”: Snopes & Politifact Said I’m a Big Fat Liar, But Let’s Look at THEIR “Facts” Last weekend when I wrote about the new bills that were turned into law in California by a mercifully-departing Governor Jerry Brown, I never expected a hub-bub. I did my research, came to some conclusions, and titled […]
