Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
1–10 of 417 posts
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#2Snopes lost credibility when they teamed up with Facebook
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#3Now if the chief fact checker could lie to the people he serves, just imagine who else could lie to the people …
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#4[flagged]
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#5> Marchionni is reevaluating decisions Mikkelson made years earlier to not allow Snopes stories to be archived on the Wayback Machine and is empowered to make any changes necessary.
Not the most immediate important thing, but hiding content from the Wayback Machine that is purported to be factual record is very problematic, to say the least
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#6Snopes (& 'fact checking' in general) are scams...
Pedophrasty, Bigoteering, and Other Modern Scams Clearing the discourse of abuses and abusers. The more you institutionalize rules of ethical behavior that should be voluntary, the more they will be used as a cover for unethical actions. https://medium.com/incerto/pedophrasty-bigoteering-and-other...
The Facts are True, the News is Fake https://medium.com/incerto/the-facts-are-true-the-news-is-fa...
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#7Oh my, the "own the libs" die hards are going to love this
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#8How many mainstream news sources used snopes as a reliable source?
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#9Snopes provides references and reasoning. It can be wrong, but the references can be checked by anyone interested in a subject. If Snopes were relying instead on because I said so then this might make sense, but it isn't. Maybe previous experience with fakery may have contributed to inspiration for a fact checking service?
Re: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles under a fake name
#10Snopes provides references and reasoning. It can be wrong, but the references can be checked by anyone interested in a subject. If Snopes were relying instead on because I said so then this might make sense, but it isn't. Maybe previous experience with fakery may have contributed to inspiration for a fact checking service?
You can just omit the references and reasoning that go against your narrative.