Yes, and facebook and most of media didn't held Trump and conservatives to a standard of fact, that they never attempted to apply to the left.
For instance, when the presidential debates were fact checked, Trump was called out on many lies, and Biden and Harris (separate debates, yes) were called out on a token few, and a few more that we…
Yes, and facebook and most of media didn't held Trump and conservatives to a standard of fact, that they never attempted to apply to the left.
For instance, when the presidential debates were fact checked, Trump was called out on many lies, and Biden and Harris (separate debates, yes) were called out on a token few, and a few more that were defended by the fact checkers as an understandable simplification. Image if they had vouched for Trump that way! Laughable idea. All three debaters lied almost constantly, even if Trump lied the most. This uneven treatment for different people within the same event was typically far more uneven for all other events.
"Literal nazi", anyone? Beyond the debates, frequent and bold claims by all kinds of celebrity and politicians that Trump is a literal nazi were never fact-checked. This happened many times, every single day. For some people, there never was fact checking, so nothing is lost now. There is no wonder why this version of fact-checking is rejected as an ideologically-captured hoax. "Literal nazi" to me means, "fact-check standards for thee, but not for me".
Here is a simple idea: Treat everyone to the same standard, and maybe someone will trust the process. No reason to trust? Then other details just don't matter.
Yes, and facebook and most of media didn't held Trump and conservatives to a standard of fact, that they never attempted to apply to the left.
For instance, when the presidential debates were fact checked, Trump was called out on many lies, and Biden and Harris (separate debates, yes) were called out on a token few, and a few more that were defended by the fact checkers as an understandable simplification. Image if they had vouched for Trump that way! Laughable idea. All three debaters lied almost constantly, even if Trump lied the most. This uneven treatment for different people within the same event was typically far more uneven for all other events.
"Literal nazi", anyone? Beyond the debates, frequent and bold claims by all kinds of celebrity and politicians that Trump is a literal nazi were never fact-checked. This happened many times, every single day. For some people, there never was fact checking, so nothing is lost now. There is no wonder why this version of fact-checking is rejected as an ideologically-captured hoax. "Literal nazi" to me means, "fact-check standards for thee, but not for me".
Here is a simple idea: Treat everyone to the same standard, and maybe someone will trust the process. No reason to trust? Then other details just don't matter.