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12/17/2016 9:58 am  #11


Re: Facebook to start putting warning labels on 'fake news'

Brady Bunch wrote:

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-16/facebook-keep-the-fact-checkers-in-their-place

I think this is a good article that shares some of the concerns with Facebook doing this.

From the article:
"Facebook's choice of partner immediately cuts off a large swathe of conservative readers."

You know, in the last few weeks people have shared "news" stories on my FB feed claiming that, Hillary Clinton attended Satanic parties, that a pizza joint in DC was involved in child sex trafficking, and that Facebook was  planning on banning users from displaying the Don't Tread on Me Flag.

I just don't see how it "cuts off conservative readers" if FB were to note that stories which are demonstrably false were - to put it mildly- disputed.  Readers - conservative and otherwise - who reside in the reality based community will be just fine.

Maybe if we were all less obsessed with keeping score in this bizarre liberal v conservative thing we might be able to agree on stuff like,,,well, the only safeguard for a democratic republic is a well-informed citizenry.
We might even be able to acknowledge that not every claim is equally credible. Imagine if math teachers were to assert that 2+2=5 was just another point of view.

 

Last edited by Goose (12/17/2016 10:01 am)


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

12/17/2016 10:05 am  #12


Re: Facebook to start putting warning labels on 'fake news'

The concern isn't with the "demonstrably false" stories.  The concern is with the other stories, as demonstrated in this article, where even these fact-checking organizations have rated stories and statements very differently.

For example, in 2012, Factcheck.org described Senator Dick Durbin's statement that "Social Security does not add one penny to our debt" as false, but The Washington Post Fact Checker rated it "mostly true." In 2013, President Barack Obama said deficits were falling at the fastest rate in 60 years. PolitiFact agreed, but Factcheck.org rated the statement as false.

 

12/17/2016 10:10 am  #13


Re: Facebook to start putting warning labels on 'fake news'

Brady Bunch wrote:

The concern isn't with the "demonstrably false" stories.  The concern is with the other stories, as demonstrated in this article, where even these fact-checking organizations have rated stories and statements very differently.

For example, in 2012, Factcheck.org described Senator Dick Durbin's statement that "Social Security does not add one penny to our debt" as false, but The Washington Post Fact Checker rated it "mostly true." In 2013, President Barack Obama said deficits were falling at the fastest rate in 60 years. PolitiFact agreed, but Factcheck.org rated the statement as false.

That's exactly why it is important for FB note that a charge is in dispute, and to explain why.
And, the demonstrably false stories which appear unchallenged is a huge problem.

Last edited by Goose (12/17/2016 10:11 am)


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
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