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jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
3. Thanks for the link
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 05:23 PM
Jun 2018

But if you think anyone in Trumplandia is going to believe Snopes, well ... they just don't.

It's unbelievable that we can't even agree that a truly nonpartisan, straight-shooting site like Snopes is indeed that. Trumpistas — and Republicans, in general — believe that everything and everyone has a bias that can't be overcome, and that the world is divided into The Right and The Wrong.

NewsBusters now has its own "Fact Checking the Fact Checkers" site:

"More and more, major news outlets are relying on “fact checkers” to, allegedly, ensure that the news is factual, sources are reliable, and statements are accurate.

"In theory, this is admirable. In practice, it has proven to be simply another opportunity for the media to push their leftist agenda.

"Fact checking groups — such as PolitiFact — routinely cast judgments while failing to disclose their own left-wing bias. Their allies in the media try to cast these groups as neutral third parties when, in fact, they are card-carrying members of the liberal echo chamber."


I fear we're already through the looking glass and may never return to a semblance of reasonable, rational discussion. Everything, including finding the "Right" diaper service or pizza parlor, has become tribalized, politicized and balkanized.

Oy.

Right wingers and Trump fans refuse to accept facts. Trumpocalypse Jun 2018 #1
I know we ran into this with W-- little did we know... ailsagirl Jun 2018 #2
Workaround: Don't say it's from Snopes. Qutzupalotl Jun 2018 #5
Thanks for the link jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #3
TY KNR Lucinda Jun 2018 #4
K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #6
K and R KelleyKramer Jun 2018 #7
Another fact checking source Sugarcoated Jun 2018 #8
Mahalo, Sugarcoated.. Cha Jun 2018 #10
Same to you, Cha Sugarcoated Jun 2018 #11
From your link.. Cha Jun 2018 #12
P.S... Cha Jun 2018 #13
Trump admin discussed splitting moms, kids to prevent asylum in Feb. 2017 Cha Jun 2018 #9
This is monstrous ailsagirl Jun 2018 #14
Yes, it does.. worsen by the minute. Cha Jun 2018 #15
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