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lapucelle

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40. Affinity has a mixed fact check rating due to its unwillingness to correct a disproved,

Sun Dec 13, 2020, 01:55 PM

Dec 2020

inflammatory, click bait headline and update the appended story to align with the actual facts.

A factual search reveals that Affinity Magazine has failed a fact check by an IFCN fact checker. They also did not correct the article after the fact.

It's probably best to be wary of such sources of information on any and all topics, whether or not they affirm biases.

How a teen magazine botched a North Korea tweet and set the internet ablaze
This is what happens when you conflate racial bias, victim blaming, and the mistreatment of Otto Warmbier.

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/affinity-magazine-north-korea-otto-warmbier/

It's hard to find a whole lot of information about the online publication, but the founder/editor in chief tweets under the handle "Corsetta Scott King".

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AOC cooking in a Tax The Rich sweatshirt, breaking down the COVID economic relief bill [View all] Autumn Dec 2020 OP

Yes! This! To say she's "a breath of fresh air" Upthevibe Dec 2020 #1

This is what she cooked. Autumn Dec 2020 #3

Is that puppy in the picture the purebred French bulldog that PETA was upset about? lapucelle Dec 2020 #18

Yes. PETA is often upset about something, a mixed bag. The best 800 dollars I ever Autumn Dec 2020 #19

The PETA letter to A0C was not about dog breeders. It was about passing up shelter pets lapucelle Dec 2020 #21

The heart wants what the heart wants. You don't want to buy from a breeder? Don't. Autumn Dec 2020 #28

Wait, so only what AOC complains about is valid? R B Garr Dec 2020 #34

Said no one ever Autumn Dec 2020 #35

Then she'll be sure to put aside her judgments R B Garr Dec 2020 #36

I've got the money to buy those kinds of dogs, but every animal I've ever had is a rescue. cwydro Dec 2020 #52

Any pets we've had over the years we got from shelters. There are too many unwanted cats and dogs... George II Dec 2020 #23

My dog is from the North Shore Animal League. He's the best dog ever. lapucelle Dec 2020 #27

I'm still waiting for the "Tax The Rich" waders AmericanCanuck Dec 2020 #2

Usually when one wants waders they are fly fishing or wading through bullshit. Autumn Dec 2020 #6

You explain things so well AmericanCanuck Dec 2020 #7

Yep Autumn Dec 2020 #8

Thank you AmericanCanuck Dec 2020 #9

Love this. cilla4progress Dec 2020 #4

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Dec 2020 #5

Is that the $68 sweatshirt? lapucelle Dec 2020 #10

Yes it's the one from her site, as complained about on Fox news and elsewhere. . Autumn Dec 2020 #11

I wonder why they didn't mirror the webcam so the message on the $68 sweatshirt (untaxed in NYS) lapucelle Dec 2020 #16

It's $58. Untaxed in NYS. I wonder if she charged $110 for it would I have had to pay taxes for mine Autumn Dec 2020 #17

Well at least there's a sales tax on specially bred designer dogs in NYS. lapucelle Dec 2020 #20

I'll cook in mine. You you know what helps loneliness? A dog. Look at it like this, she rescued Autumn Dec 2020 #22

If people would stop buying expensive animals from breeders they'd stop breeding them. George II Dec 2020 #24

The PETA press release is from January 2020, so A0C bought the purebred-inbred before the pandemic. lapucelle Dec 2020 #26

Doesn't matter when she bought it. She bought it because she wanted it. Don't like it Autumn Dec 2020 #30

The issue is probably more nuanced than the teens at Affinity Magazine seem to realize. lapucelle Dec 2020 #32

Posting an article about the Red Cross doesn't show them wrong on PETA. 1 for 1 eom Autumn Dec 2020 #33

Affinity has a mixed fact check rating due to its unwillingness to correct a disproved, lapucelle Dec 2020 #40

I wondered that myself. I'm not even "social media savvy", but when I participate ZOOM meetings... George II Dec 2020 #25

In the first one, "Kamala Harris stirring the pot!" I died when I heard that, well done! George II Dec 2020 #12

The rich are lucky. Kid Berwyn Dec 2020 #13

The irony is that Moscow Mitch represents one of the poorest states Buckeyeblue Dec 2020 #14

You nailed that to the wall. I agree with everything you said. I loath every Republican Autumn Dec 2020 #15

Thanks, Autumn! Alex4Martinez Dec 2020 #29

Me too and this should make your day and give you hope. It made mine Autumn Dec 2020 #31

Wouldn't be amazing if Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #37

The mere mention of her name triggers people and not only Republicans . I think it's out of fear. Autumn Dec 2020 #38

I find it weird that a number of Democrats Bettie Dec 2020 #41

The love for Republicans and contempt for her is insane. Autumn Dec 2020 #42

We tend to assume that only republicans Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #46

As a woman of color I learned long ago that while people will say they have my back, their actions Autumn Dec 2020 #48

It doesn't even have to be a woman of color. Any woman who goes against what they Autumn Dec 2020 #56

People everywhere in the country are talking about the stalled relief package. lapucelle Dec 2020 #43

I was talking about this thread Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #44

The thread is about a tweet about a politician cooking in a sweatshirt lapucelle Dec 2020 #45

Yet not about the actual issue she is talking about Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #47

The talk all over TV is how the stimulus bill is stalled because the Dems can't reach an agreement. Autumn Dec 2020 #49

It's pretty obvious that neither the tweet nor the OP is about an issue as much as about a person. lapucelle Dec 2020 #51

Thanks again for proving my point Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #53

Glad I could clarify the distinction between posting about a politician and posting about an issue. lapucelle Dec 2020 #54

Thanks for proving my point Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #55

Some Democrats are fine with Identity Politics but when someone mentions Class Politics they jalan48 Dec 2020 #39

True, and yes, it's the donors and greedy comfortable people who are in the I got mine class. Autumn Dec 2020 #50