Various critics have demonstrated time and again (see most recently @politicalmath) that fact checkers are strongly biased to the left.
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So strongly biased, in fact, that Politifact can be considered a partisan outfit. It has no credibility as an honest or impartial broker.
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Given that, to try to have it adjudicate fake news could only be regarded as an affront and provocation. Even something nefarious.
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Burke on cons' view of fact checkers: "They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze."
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That list some academic published that had
@RedState and other conservative sites as "fake news" didn't help matters at all.1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
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Righty sites get marked as "fake" and fact checkers with a history of bias are picked to enforce new rules? That won't blow up in your face.
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In those circumstances, it was inevitable that "fake news" would be turned into another weapon in the right's arsenal against media bias.
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"You want fake news? Oh, we'll show you some fake news. Start with a mirror." So here we are.
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As with
@KFoleyFL,@KevinWGlass, and@JonahNRO, I believe the term "fake news" is worth preserving. But I fear, alas, it's a lost cause.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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You can get pretty deep pretty fast into the epistemological weeds with this fake news stuff. I'm stopping before I run into Pontius Pilate.
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Good analysis. But the term is marred by its promotion immediately post-election as a prevention of self-reflection for liberals
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