S'Nopes! The ***Kardinal Offishal*** Fact-Checker Thread Of Satire Sites (1 Viewer)

[rockaction]

I have competition. Ooh, this'll learn that Toupee. 

 

[rockaction]

Theme Music

Husslin', baby.  

 

[IvanKaramazov]

The same people.  Every thread.

 

[rockaction]

The same people.  Every thread.

:nods slowly: 

Yep. Same stuff. 

Some of it is hijinks, and I'm not above that, but wow. You'd figure.  

 

[Max Power]

https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/10/10/facts-and-data-arent-enough-to-combat-fake-news/

The fact checking website will now use feelings and emotions to "fact check" claims.

We cannot merely rely on quantitative data and raw facts.

 

[HellToupee]

https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/10/10/facts-and-data-arent-enough-to-combat-fake-news/

The fact checking website will now use feelings and emotions to "fact check" claims.

We cannot merely rely on quantitative data and raw facts.

 

[[scooter]]

https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/10/10/facts-and-data-arent-enough-to-combat-fake-news/

The fact checking website will now use feelings and emotions to "fact check" claims.

That's not what the article says. At all.

In fact, the article doesn't even mention Snopes. It's just a reprint of an opinion piece from theconversation.com

(On the other hand, if you were making a subtly ironic commentary about the way people emotionally react to posts, then kudos to you.)

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

In fact, the article doesn't even mention Snopes.

But it's hosted (republished) at snopes.com, which seems weird.

 

[rockaction]

But it's hosted (republished) at snopes.com, which seems weird.

Maybe snopes.com is getting into the satire business they fact check so well? 

 

[rockaction]

Great Twitter feed by Glenn Greenwald exposing "fact-checkers" as the "partisan hacks" that they are. 

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1473805337476087812

 

[massraider]

Texas bans access to staircases in case pregnant women get any ideas 

Seems legit.  

 

[rockaction]

Great article today in Tablet magazine about the monetizing of fact checking and its partisan proliferation

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/invasion-fact-checkers

 

[rockaction]

I figure since we have people who love fact checking so much, not to mention Twitter and Nate Silver's 538, that I'd combine all three for some good reading. 

Nate Silver

@NateSilver538·4h

How'd we get to the point where articles labeled as "fact checks" are almost always not about the facts themselves and instead are about whether the facts are surrounded by the right context or vibes?

 

[Max Power]

I figure since we have people who love fact checking so much, not to mention Twitter and Nate Silver's 538, that I'd combine all three for some good reading. 

Nate Silver

@NateSilver538·4h

How'd we get to the point where articles labeled as "fact checks" are almost always not about the facts themselves and instead are about whether the facts are surrounded by the right context or vibes?

Silver is a good 2 years late to the party, but welcome!!

 

[rockaction]

Silver is a good 2 years late to the party, but welcome!!

Yup. That's what i thought, too.