[OT] Fact checkers lie!

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Rhino

2024-11-05 20:32:54 UTC

I just stumbled across this article in my news feed which, by default,
contains a few facts that have been fact-checked. It states the
proposition that Joe Rogan has endorsed Trump and follows it with a
fact-check that says No, Rogan has NOT endorsed Trump:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/11/04/joe-rogan-vote-trump-fact-check/76002593007/

This caught my eye because only moments before seeing that, I'd seen a
video of an interview with Newt Gingrich in which he said Rogan HAD
endorsed Trump!

If even the self-proclaimed fact-checkers get things wrong, what the
blazing heck is the point of reading articles by fact-checkers?

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Rhino

Rhino

2024-11-05 20:37:56 UTC

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Post by Rhino
I just stumbled across this article in my news feed which, by default,
contains a few facts that have been fact-checked. It states the
proposition that Joe Rogan has endorsed Trump and follows it with a
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/11/04/joe-rogan-
vote-trump-fact-check/76002593007/
This caught my eye because only moments before seeing that, I'd seen a
video of an interview with Newt Gingrich in which he said Rogan HAD
endorsed Trump!
If even the self-proclaimed fact-checkers get things wrong, what the
blazing heck is the point of reading articles by fact-checkers?

I take that rant back. :-)

I hadn't actually read the fact-checker article before posting the link
and now that I have, I see that they corrected themselves at the top of
the article and acknowledge that Rogan HAS endorsed Trump.

Apparently, Rogan made then endorsement AFTER the original article
saying that he hadn't endorsed Trump was published, meaning they were
accurate at the time and had the grace to correct themselves when the
situation changed, which is exactly what they should do.

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Rhino

anim8rfsk

2024-11-06 02:36:14 UTC

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Post by Rhino

I take that rant back. :-)
I hadn't actually read the fact-checker article before posting the link
and now that I have, I see that they corrected themselves at the top of
the article and acknowledge that Rogan HAS endorsed Trump.
Apparently, Rogan made then endorsement AFTER the original article
saying that he hadn't endorsed Trump was published, meaning they were
accurate at the time and had the grace to correct themselves when the
situation changed, which is exactly what they should do.

Facebook fact, checkers are routinely and obviously wrong but I have no
idea if they are specific to Facebook or coming from somewhere else and
Facebook just passes their lies on.

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Rhino

2024-11-06 04:36:22 UTC

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Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Rhino

I take that rant back. :-)
I hadn't actually read the fact-checker article before posting the link
and now that I have, I see that they corrected themselves at the top of
the article and acknowledge that Rogan HAS endorsed Trump.
Apparently, Rogan made then endorsement AFTER the original article
saying that he hadn't endorsed Trump was published, meaning they were
accurate at the time and had the grace to correct themselves when the
situation changed, which is exactly what they should do.

Facebook fact, checkers are routinely and obviously wrong but I have no
idea if they are specific to Facebook or coming from somewhere else and
Facebook just passes their lies on.

For sure. I did NOT mean to imply that I'm satisfied that all fact
checkers are accurate, just that this particular one behaved ethically.

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Rhino

moviePig

2024-11-06 16:07:44 UTC

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Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Rhino

I take that rant back. :-)
I hadn't actually read the fact-checker article before posting the link
and now that I have, I see that they corrected themselves at the top of
the article and acknowledge that Rogan HAS endorsed Trump.
Apparently, Rogan made then endorsement AFTER the original article
saying that he hadn't endorsed Trump was published, meaning they were
accurate at the time and had the grace to correct themselves when the
situation changed, which is exactly what they should do.

Facebook fact, checkers are routinely and obviously wrong but I have no
idea if they are specific to Facebook or coming from somewhere else and
Facebook just passes their lies on.

Mostly trust fact-checkers who have something to lose.

Ubiquitous

2024-11-07 09:30:44 UTC

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Post by Rhino
I hadn't actually read the fact-checker article before posting the link
and now that I have, I see that they corrected themselves at the top of
the article and acknowledge that Rogan HAS endorsed Trump.
Apparently, Rogan made then endorsement AFTER the original article
saying that he hadn't endorsed Trump was published, meaning they were
accurate at the time and had the grace to correct themselves when the
situation changed, which is exactly what they should do.

They should have removed the article completely.