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Re:Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of mis... by 234dd57d2c8db on Thursday November 10, 2016 @03:13PM (#12923851)
Unfortunately, sites like snopes and politifact also succumb to the same type of bias as the right-wing sites. See this article where politifact was handed propaganda material from the Clinton foundation and parroted it without doing any actual checking about AIDS drugs the Clinton foundation was funding:

http://www.politifactbias.com/2016/11/the-daily-caller-polit...

The problem is a lack of education by the consumer. I suggest everyone read this book as an intro on the topic:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/03...

Everyone has an agenda, follow the money, and trust no one. Whether it's right-wing like Alex Jones or Left-wing like the Tampa Bay Times a.k.a politifact, you need to be suspicious and do your own research if you want the truth.

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