Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong
by logifail on Thursday January 20, 2022 @09:12AM
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> Facebook HIRED Peter Daszak as a 'factchecker' [..]
Worse, Daszak was also part of WHO-led international mission[0] to investigate the origins of the pandemic(!!) in early 2021, though he eventually recused himself in June 2021[1]
[0] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-diseas...
Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong
by nradov on Thursday January 20, 2022 @09:22AM
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Did Facebook ever actually hire Peter Daszak? My understanding is that Facebook censored posts which contradicted his infamous Lancet letter (and that's bad enough) but I haven't seen evidence of Facebook paying him or giving him editorial control.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9655057/Facebook-fa...
Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong
by bipson on Thursday January 20, 2022 @08:45AM
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> As somebody who probably incited/funded/created covid19, he was heavily incentivized to hide this crime.
> Facebook ENABLED this coverup.
Wat? How is this not considered a conspiracy theory? 5 comments down an article that discusses fact checking...
Hm, maybe my sarcasm-meter is off by a notch again. dunno.
Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong
by cheaprentalyeti on Thursday January 20, 2022 @10:07AM
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It hasn't been considered a conspiracy theory since the CSPAN video from 2016 surfaced showing him talking about paying someone in China to make killer viruses.
It's at the following link, at about the 1 hour 17 minute mark.
As somebody who probably incited/funded/created covid19, he was heavily incentivized to hide this crime.
Facebook ENABLED this coverup