Flying Squid@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agoCNN Fact-Checker Daniel Dale Takes On Biden Impeachment Point By Point: ‘None of This Evidence Has Appeared’www.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1555arrow-down1external-linkCNN Fact-Checker Daniel Dale Takes On Biden Impeachment Point By Point: ‘None of This Evidence Has Appeared’www.mediaite.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretwelvefloatinghands@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·10 months agoI’ve been thinking that fact checking alone is not enough. Are there any projects focused on identifying the sources of false talking points?
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoWaste of time. There’s tens of millions of people out there willing to make stuff like this up.
minus-squaredudinax@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI don’t think so. Much of it gets funneled or even created from the top. I was surprised in 2020 by how many “grassroots” election conspiracy theories became popular because they were promoted by the Trump team.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoOh well in that case it’s easy, arrest every top GOP politician and consultant lol
I’ve been thinking that fact checking alone is not enough. Are there any projects focused on identifying the sources of false talking points?
Waste of time. There’s tens of millions of people out there willing to make stuff like this up.
I don’t think so. Much of it gets funneled or even created from the top.
I was surprised in 2020 by how many “grassroots” election conspiracy theories became popular because they were promoted by the Trump team.
Oh well in that case it’s easy, arrest every top GOP politician and consultant lol