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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by vianneychevalie on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:13PM (#25017786)
I’m sorry but how do you reconcile your second paragraph’s criticism of the coexistence of two factual realities and your last paragraph in which you simply pick the one you happen to personally favor?
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by tehwebguy on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:19PM (#25017898)
Because the question was not in good faith in the first place because the exact opposite is actually true: Twitter has bent the rules to no end in an effort to keep from banning Trump despite his constant breaking of the their rules.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Angostura on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:27PM (#25018022)
I think you misunderstand. Its the co-existance of two claimed factual realities. You simply pick the one which is the factual reality, which relies on looking at facts.

If someone says 'the election is rigged', the least they have to do is produce evidence. In the absence of that evidence, that's not a factual statement.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by dlp211 on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:17PM (#25017849)
Data supports one of those two realities. Joe Biden is President-Elect.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by MacsHeadroom on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:18PM (#25018805)
The reality is that he's not. Not yet, since the Electors haven't gone to the Electoral College and still won't for a long time. In between now and then there will be court challenges.

Will those challenges change the ultimate outcome? Almost certainly not. But it's still a fact that Biden is not the President-Elect.

Should Twitter fact check people calling him the President-Elect? IMO, probably but only to look unbiased. Will they? No, because they don't care about looking biased despite 70M+ Americans siding with Trump.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by GavinMcG on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:21PM (#25018841)
It's not "biased" and never has been to project a winner based on statistical data. But if we're sticking to a statistical conclusion, how do you think Biden should be described at this point?

There is essentially no basis in history or law to believe that Biden will not take office, unless he dies before inauguration. There are no credible legal theories by which he will not be elected.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by MacsHeadroom on Saturday November 07, 2020 @07:59PM (#25021668)
I don't think it's biased either. That's why I didn't say they should do it to be unbiased, but to look unbiased.

People are really not taking the loss of faith of 70M Americans as seriously as they aught to.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by GavinMcG on Saturday November 07, 2020 @08:05PM (#25021714)
What should "people" do? The loss of faith is driven by four years of the President lying day in, day out. There have been plenty of voices throughout speaking up for truth and institutional respect, but they're baselessly attacked at the highest levels.