News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by smnrchrds on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:03PM (#28170683)
> I see Snopes as pure, unadulterated bias

Could you please elaborate? I have never seen them described like this.

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by alentist on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:15PM (#28176016)
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blm-terrorist-rosenberg/

Rating: Mixture

What's True

Susan Rosenberg has served as vice chair of the board of directors for Thousand Currents, an organization that provides fundraising and fiscal sponsorship for the Black Lives Matter Global Movement. She was an active member of revolutionary left-wing movements whose illegal activities included bombing U.S. government buildings and committing armed robberies.

What's Undetermined

In the absence of a single, universally-agreed definition of "terrorism," it is a matter of subjective determination as to whether the actions for which Rosenberg was convicted and imprisoned — possession of weapons and hundreds of pounds of explosives — should be described as acts of "domestic terrorism."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-forgot-defense-secre...

Rating: Mixture

What's True

A video shows Biden fumbling his words and apparently blanking on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's name at one point in the speech, although he had mentioned Austin's name a few minutes earlier without issue.

What's Undetermined

It's unclear whether Biden literally "forgot" his defense secretary's name at that moment, or whether, for example, he got stuck doing an extended "folksy" ad lib after initially tripping over his words.

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by antifa on Saturday August 14, 2021 @01:13PM (#28182270)
I see it stated all the time, but whenever I ask why, instead of a substantial argument, I get downvotes or "isn't it obvious?" or some thinly veiled "how dare they debunk something I wanted to be true.".

The plagiarism accusation is interesting and should be resolved, but isn't evidence of misinformation or evidence that they are less reliable than [no known alternative] suggested by critics.

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by TylerE on Friday August 13, 2021 @01:14PM (#28171683)
I see it all the time... on the sorts of subreddits all the RWNJs hang out on.
Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by dukeofdoom on Friday August 13, 2021 @02:05PM (#28172259)
Here's an example Snopes article questioning the authenticity of the photos on Hunter's Biden Laptop.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-hunter-biden-porn/

They have not updated the fact check.

Here's a story with a video in which Hunter Biden himself claims Russian drug dealers stole another one of his laptops for blackmail. And 'The Russians have videos of me doing crazy f**ing sex!

Source with the Video: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9881213/Unearthed-v...

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by qkqk on Friday August 13, 2021 @02:43PM (#28172710)
Huh, the article where they say "Trump did not explicitly tell people to 'storm' or 'breach' or 'break into' the Capitol" and instead “peacefully and patriotically” march does't fit the mold of "pure, unadulterated bias."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tell-supporters-stor...

I'm so confused!

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by kbutler on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:53PM (#28176312)
Snopes rated that claim "Mixed"

Compare:

  It was a subjective call on whether ____'s use of phrases "you have to show strength" and "demand that ____ do the right thing" were meant to condone violence and crimes among ____ extremists without explicitly encouraging it. 
With:

  ___ said they should “stay in the street,” “fight for justice,” and “get more confrontational.” But there was more context to ___ remarks, and ___ didn’t call for violence, nor did ___ words incite violence.
---

The first is from the article on Trump you cited (rated "Mixed").

Second quote is from an article about comments by Maxine Waters on George Floyd protests & LA riots (of which she explicitly said, "I call it a rebellion") https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/maxine-waters-comments/ (rated "False")

The pattern seems to be: If there's a way a favored speaker can be taken positively, that will be explained. If there's a way a non-favored speaker can be taken badly, it will be called out.

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by alentist on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:19PM (#28176054)
That statement is correct. Why are you confused?

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-s...

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by Wolfenstein98k on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:14PM (#28174609)
Engage with the given example, which proves the claim.
Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by smnrchrds on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:34PM (#28174831)
If a source makes questionable claims to the left or right, it is biased. If it makes questionable claims to the left and right, it is not biased, it just lacks quality.
Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by alentist on Friday August 13, 2021 @07:20PM (#28176062)
There's nothing questionable about the statement you quoted.