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Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong by nradov on Thursday January 20, 2022 @09:36AM (#30009398)
In their defense, most members of the mainstream media are so scientifically ignorant that they probably don't even understand the difference between those theories.
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Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong by _-david-_ on Thursday January 20, 2022 @12:00PM (#30011513)
Perhaps they should have somebody on their team who isn't scientifically ignorant explain things to them before they start spewing crap to millions of people?
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Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong by 8note on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:35PM (#30014494)
As long as advertisers will pay to show up between segments, there's no real incentive to.

News exists to make money, and a faster but less accurate story is more profitable

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Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong by EricE on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:30PM (#30013565)
lol - you think the mainstream media cares one whit about reporting facts? I guess you are in the 20% that still trust them?
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