many of these sites are black/white, not that hard to converge on agreement. Then there is rest of spectrum...
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Replying to @zeynep
not sure what "rest of spectrum"means but all 3 "fake news" lists boosted by MSM had lots of false positiveshttps://www.thenation.com/article/everyone-wants-to-stop-fake-news-but-no-one-seems-to-know-what-exactly-it-is/ …
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
One stupid list by one group doesn't make the analysis of fake news irrelevant. That list was garbage.
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Replying to @zeynep
no three list by three separate groups, all of which went viral.
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC
I haven't seen a good list. Someone makes a list doesn't make fake news irrelevant; or in opposition to issues of real news.
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Replying to @zeynep
it shows they defining these notions is inherently fraught. Thus far these blacklists are 0 for 3, I suspect for similar reasons
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Replying to @adamjohnsonNYC @zeynep
to wit: would you consider RT fake news?
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Replying to @zeynep @adamjohnsonNYC
what about when journalists lie? is that fake news? (no I'm not accusing you of lying)
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iraq had wmds...well no it didn't. is that fake news?
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No. Very different mode of failure; journalists submitting to power, being manipulated, etc.
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