raunz@mander.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-22 years agoWho downvotes the MediaBiasFactCheck bot?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down123file-text
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minus-squareAndrewZabar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down12·2 years agoIn addition to the explanations already posited, I’d also think there most likely are some people who want to lie, argue disingenuously, and a fact-checker tends to get in the way of their rhetoric.
minus-squareGarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoCounterpoint: “Fact checkers” with an institutional bias are an excellent way to cover for lies promoted by those institutions
In addition to the explanations already posited, I’d also think there most likely are some people who want to lie, argue disingenuously, and a fact-checker tends to get in the way of their rhetoric.
Counterpoint: “Fact checkers” with an institutional bias are an excellent way to cover for lies promoted by those institutions