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Reichguide will curl up in the fetal position and start sucking his thumb now that his preferred news source has been exposed for being a fake news fraud. :)

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/2/18522758/facebook-fact-checking-partnership-daily-caller

Facebook knows that the spread of fake news on the platform during the 2016 presidential campaign was almost its undoing, so it has chosen to partner with third-party media organizations to fact-check publishers on its platform in order to stave off more criticism. That makes sense. But some of its choices in partners — including a new fact-checker funded by a right-leaning news outlet founded by Tucker Carlson — has only invited more.

Last week, Facebook announced that it’s partnering with Check Your Fact — a subsidiary of the right-wing Daily Caller, a site known for its ties to white nationalists — as one of six third-party organizations it currently works with to fact-check content for American users. The partnership has already come under intense criticism from climate journalists (among others) who are concerned that the Daily Caller’s editorial stance on issues like climate change, which is uncontroversial among scientists but isn’t treated as such on right-wing media, will spread even more misinformation Facebook.

In an interview, Facebook spokesperson Lauren Svensson defended the partnership. She noted that Check Your Fact, like all fact-checkers Facebook partners with, is certified by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). Asked about the right-wing proclivities of Check Your Fact’s parent company, Svennson referred to the IFCN’s certification processes and said that “we do believe in having a diverse set of fact-checking partners.” Check Your Fact, for its part, says it operates independently from the Daily Caller, and touts its record of accurate fact-checks.

The reality is that Facebook has a fake news problem that could hurt its bottom line, but it also has a political problem. If it doesn’t give credence to popular but disreputable websites like the Daily Caller, it runs the risk of angering Republicans who use the platform. But in credence to sites of that sort, the platform runs the risk or perpetuating the same “fake news” problem third-party fact-checkers are meant to solve.

Facebook’s fake news problem, explained
As Timothy B. Lee explained for Vox days after the 2016 election, “fake news” was a big problem on Facebook during that year’s presidential campaign:

Over the course of 2016, Facebook users learned that the pope endorsed Donald Trump (he didn’t), that a Democratic operative was murdered after agreeing to testify against Hillary Clinton (it never happened), that Bill Clinton raped a 13-year-old girl (a total fabrication), and many other totally bogus “news” stories. Stories like this thrive on Facebook because Facebook’s algorithm prioritizes “engagement” — and a reliable way to get readers to engage is by making up outrageous nonsense about politicians they don’t like.​
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we've told vetteman that for years now and he's still schilling for them.
 
Turns out that "total fabrication" about Bill Clinton raping a 13-year-old girl was correct. The girl was 14.
 
I'll take the Daily Caller over Vox every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Vox is essentially the activist arm of the Democratic party. At least with the Daily Caller, Shapiro has no problems calling out Trump when he does something idiotic.

If someone on the Vox staff wrote one thing that was kinda positive about Trump, that person would be cancelled by the end of the day.
 
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That one bimbo wasn't even born yet when Reagan was selling weapons to our enemies.
 
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