First link was this
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/feb/...
> thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working.
Which is true. How did they conclude that he is suggesting "don't love their health care system". You can love NHS and still march because its going broke, marching doesn't imply "don't love".
"We said previously that we encountered challenges in our systems that maps fact checks to publishers, and on further examination it’s clear that we are unable to deliver the quality we’d like for users....Fact checks from independent organizations will still appear alongside articles in search and Google News. "
https://www.poynter.org/news/google-suspends-fact-checking-f...
Fact checks from independent organizations will still appear alongside articles in search and Google News.
> Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump falsely claimed Clinton “acid washed” 33,000 personal emails to delete them. The FBI said Clinton’s tech team used BleachBit, which is a free software program. It does not use chemicals.
https://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/trump-pence-acid-wash-fact...
- Snopes is easy to use and
- usually Snopes has an almost-identical article about each e-mail subject that my friend sends me. So he would, if he checked, see his own e-mail subject and content highlighted with a big banner that said "FALSE" and explained why/how/etc.
e.g. https://www.snopes.com/pizzagate-conspiracy/
I felt both of these would be necessary if he were ever to examine his sources.
I was surprised that he didn't check out his sources or information before forwarding information: snopes.com and other sites are so readily available and easy to use. I even suggested casually one day how he could check internet rumors with snopes, and he listened, but only muted his forwarding awhile.
So I set up a rule routing his e-mail to a separate folder that I check occasionally. I keep the good jokes and flush the fake news. Nonetheless I find it useful for keeping a finger on him and others who are seriously misled or subject to rumors. That way, I know something of what they think and I can still talk to them w/o being shocked.
I don't want to refuse someone as a person b/c they're not particularly bright or b/c they are unable to navigate the internet sufficiently to check what is true/false. This way I know a little of what they're thinking on current events and can approach them w/o offending them. And I get to hear the good jokes, which I cannot resist!