Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong

Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong by mc32 on Thursday January 20, 2022 @11:26AM (#30010999)

Critically, lots of these things are viewed through a political lens. So the same exact acts can be interpreted differently depending on how the politics or motives of the actor are interpreted.

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Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong by nailer on Thursday January 20, 2022 @12:19PM (#30011758)

> > Terrorism has a pretty well accepted definition - violent acts against civilians to gain political power. That’s exactly what she was doing when caught with hundreds of pounds of explosives.

> the same exact acts can be interpreted differently depending on how the politics or motives of the actor are interpreted.

It seems you didn't read the comment you were replying to, which addresses this point.

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Re:Facebook versus The BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong by mc32 on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:44PM (#30015544)

You and I can agree on what terrorism tends to be. Fact checkers may apply political lenses to interpret violent actions differently.

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