NYT calls out FR for spreading fake news. Does DU?

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14. Generally doesn't happen here

If news isn't backed up by facts, its usually called out as fake even if it supports our side or derides the other. I fact-check things regularly, and I've never had a problem delivering the bad news that a story is phony. Here its a matter of being polite, including sources, and recognizing the good intentions of the re-poster.

On the other hand, there are many things that are more or less immune to fact-checking; some plain rants "I think this or that", and then "so and so think this or intended that". I tend to pass by any article trying to tell me what someone else is thinking. First, you don't know what someone is really thinking, and second, what someone is thinking is irrelevant. I care what people do.

I'd give the DU main boards a B+ on sticking to the facts and avoiding fake news. In the groups, more like a B-, as small selections of like-minded people are less likely to question each other.

On edit, Facebook gets an F, as neither they nor the posters there showed more than a passing interest in whether something was true or not in the last election.

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