• TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Snopes has been a former Facebook checker and MBFC has Google Analytics. I would be a little afraid and cautious.

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      3 years ago

      Yes please asses the credibility of their articles based on their associations with shady companies instead of the contents plausibility.

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        3 years ago

        You think the funding and affiliations of organisations have nothing to do with the agenda they propagate? Oh summer child.

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            Snopes is not a publisher, but acting as the arbiter of truths. So if they have backing by biased entities, that leaves them vulnerable to be biased since these enitites are the stakeholders and customers, not people who might be relying on them to see facts.

            Only the customer is served by these groups. You are not a customer of Snopes or MBFC.

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              3 years ago

              There is no independent media. This doesn’t mean that there is no value in consuming it. If some source tells you they are “unbiased”, independent from advertisers/funding or free of (private) agenda they either intentionally lie or lack self-reflection.

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                There exists independent media. You clearly do not know your stuff and are willing to deny it as well. You have made up your mind, so this conversation is over.

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      If you have other suggestions in open to getting them, but I’m not sure how being a Facebook checker is a negative thing. Facebook needs LOTS of checking. Not a huge fan of Google Analytics, but I can hide myself from that stuff anyway, so also not a big deal really.

      Basically they’re better than nothing.

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        3 years ago

        Facebook acts as a conservative hideout and has been one since ages. Why do you think Facebook is an objective outlet that will use Snopes legitimately?