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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by shadowgovt on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:28PM (#23327682)
What's he covering up? Twitter has provided sources for their fact-check. The President is more than welcome to provide sources for his fraud claims any time he chooses. Via Twitter. Same medium that is fact-checking him.

The fact he says what he does un-sourced, and people believe him because he speaks from the authority of his office, is the troubling thing.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by im3w1l on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:28PM (#23328612)
I'm not saying he is covering anything up right now. But as I argued, IF there were anything to cover up, his bias means that he would. Since he's gonna say nothing is up whether it is or isn't I'm just gonna tune it out entirely. It carries no signal.
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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by shadowgovt on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:36PM (#23328759)
Biased signal is still signal.

A data source that only reports facts that support its theory is still reporting facts. I think, rather than tune it out, combining it with other sources gives a richer picture.

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