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A comment on Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checkers admit they were wrong. Parent comment

Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker... by lghh on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:59AM (#29725967)
Calling out the CDC for using studies that will jeopardize the public's trust in them in a time when public trust in the CDC, assuming they are correctly using that trust to help thwart the global pandemic, is of critical importance is pretty much the opposite of what a "political rag" would do.

It was both _technically_ correct and also correct on its face. I will say that the article is a bit of a rehash of the quoted The Atlantic article, but that should be even more reason that its fact-checked removal is dubious. They even have very similar titles, so it's not like Reason's title is particularly inflammatory. Is The Atlantic also a political rag?

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Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker... by mike00632 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @04:42PM (#29730432)
According to Reason's headline, the CDC looked at one study and it convinced them that masks were effective in schools. Even Reason disputes what their headline implies, admitting it's misleading. Also, how did Reason know that that one study is what convinced he CDC? Isn't that totally made up?/Fabricated?/Fake news?/In need of fact-checking?
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