Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posting Snapchat Content

Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by stickfigure on Monday September 30, 2019 @10:40AM (#21115833)

Yet everyone does not like equally, not by a longshot. We have sites like snopes and polifact. Maybe not perfect, but better than postmodern nonsense like "there is no truth".

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Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by cwkoss on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:52AM (#21116687)

This elevation of the credibility of snopes and politifact would make it more damaging when they choose to editorialize.

People who share political ideologies with these sites tend to overestimate their accuracy and underestimate their displayed bias.

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Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by input_sh on Monday September 30, 2019 @02:14PM (#21118125)

Or, you know, the truth leans heavily on one side, considering that there's not a single one even remotely relevant fact checking organization on the other one.

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Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by cwkoss on Monday September 30, 2019 @02:30PM (#21118296)

I assure you, if you believe this, you're being frequently misled.

Don't get me wrong, I think these sources are more accurate than many journalistic institutions, but they are not infallible or completely unbiased.

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Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by input_sh on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:26AM (#21122543)

Did I claim that they were unbiased or did I claim that the concepts like truth, facts, and research lean heavily towards one side?

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