As Google Fights Fake News, Voices on the Margins Raise Alarm

Re:As Google Fights Fake News, Voices on the Margins Raise A... by nailer on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @08:42AM (#15347173)

As other posters have pointed out, 'problematic' is code for 'acceptable by left politics'. This is generally pretty well known. Narrowing things down to 'acceptable by left and fact checked' (adding fact checking to claim legitimacy) is very different from 'fact checked'.

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Re:As Google Fights Fake News, Voices on the Margins Raise A... by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @09:05AM (#15347353)

I would guess "We have always been at war with Eastasia" wouldn't pass a fact-check, so we still appear to be divided on our interpretation of 1984.

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Re:As Google Fights Fake News, Voices on the Margins Raise A... by nailer on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @09:25AM (#15347540)

I agree, but add that 'down with big brother' would be considered problematic. Additionally fact checking, while a meritorious idea that should be more common, is deliberately used inconsistently as a political tool.

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