A little dig I did on "fact checkers" about 3 years ago...
About the “FACT CHECKERS”
Stating point: Meme that says Actor Denzel Washington said something very Pro-Trump.
Just wanna start by saying I accept that the alleged statement by Denzel Washington is bull. It’s pretty easy to find out if there are good grounds for information out there these days. I haven’t seen any grounds for considering this attribution factual at all.
On the other hand, I certainly do not need nor do I rely on what I consider strongly biased, if not illegitimate, fact checking sources like Snopes or Politifact. Here’s why.
If you investigate about the veracity of Snopes, you will find a number of things. I know of people who have actually looked at certain things Snopes posts, and found lots of falsity, manipulation and rather dubious content.
However, my interest is more on how Snopes became such a referred to organization, when there are clear biases in what they do and post. Here are a few interesting things I found.
Starting with Snopes, the veracity of Snopes is upheld by several so-called ‘fact checking’ organizations, including factcheck_org, other.
*Factcheck_org on Snopes Read what they have to say about Snopes - debunked, or upheld? Check also 'Clinton' 'Trump' and ask yourself, are they objective? Are they biased? Factcheck_org is a project of Annenberg Public Policy Center
*Annenberg Public Policy Center- Funded by Annenberg Foundation. Who else did Annenberg foundation fund? Chicago Annenberg Challenge
*[Chicago Annenberg Challenge] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Annenberg_Challenge) – APPC gave $50 million to Bill Ayers to found a 'philanthropic' org in Chicago (CAC) with Barack Hussain Obama as the founding Chairman of the Board.
*Bill Ayers? ('educator, anti-war activist, academic' aka Cultural Marxist)
Now, another noteworthy fact is that Factcheck_org is a signatory of the International Fact-checking Network
*International Fact-checking Network(IFCN) Founded in 2015. Apparently cobbled together to reinforce an infrastructure that can combat the rise of Alt-Media and Citizen truth revealing. IFCN has numerous verified signatories, including Snopes and others. IFCN is a unit of Poynter Inst. for Media Studies.
*Poynter Institute for Media Studies Purports to be a "global leader in journalism". Seeing who they work with, however, one might have doubts.
Poynter launched an initiative to fact check health issues around the globe together with 'fact checking' websites Politifact and Africa Check. The initiative is funded by Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation.
*Politifact reports on Poynter Inst. initiative “to fact check claims about health....” has now moved to become part of Poynter
I’ll admit, the content above is in no way conclusive. On the other hand, in my opinion, it certainly establishes a reasonable foundation for questioning Snopes motives, aims, and other efforts to ‘shape’ the facts available on the net.
A few salient points:
Snopes is given credibility by Factcheck who is given credibility by the IFCN and Poynter, etc. With a global network now set up as fact-checkers, they can begin to reinforce themselves and hoodwink the unsuspecting into accepting validity and credibility of a "Ministry of Truth"
In addition, numerous other I.F.C.N. signatories including Snopes are being used by Facebook to block ‘fake news’, which in the Facebook definition includes conservative views on the net, etc.
Now, who do you trust? That’s the question. Me? Not Snopes. Not in a heartbeat. There are more reliable, and more effective ways, to check for truth and facts. It’s called making an effort.
A little dig I did on "fact checkers" about 3 years ago...
About the “FACT CHECKERS”
Stating point: Meme that says Actor Denzel Washington said something very Pro-Trump.
Just wanna start by saying I accept that the alleged statement by Denzel Washington is bull. It’s pretty easy to find out if there are good grounds for information out there these days. I haven’t seen any grounds for considering this attribution factual at all.
On the other hand, I certainly do not need nor do I rely on what I consider strongly biased, if not illegitimate, fact checking sources like Snopes or Politifact. Here’s why.
If you investigate about the veracity of Snopes, you will find a number of things. I know of people who have actually looked at certain things Snopes posts, and found lots of falsity, manipulation and rather dubious content.
However, my interest is more on how Snopes became such a referred to organization, when there are clear biases in what they do and post. Here are a few interesting things I found.
Starting with Snopes, the veracity of Snopes is upheld by several so-called ‘fact checking’ organizations, including factcheck_org, other.
*Factcheck_org on Snopes Read what they have to say about Snopes - debunked, or upheld? Check also 'Clinton' 'Trump' and ask yourself, are they objective? Are they biased? Factcheck_org is a project of Annenberg Public Policy Center
*Annenberg Public Policy Center- Funded by Annenberg Foundation. Who else did Annenberg foundation fund? Chicago Annenberg Challenge
*[Chicago Annenberg Challenge] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Annenberg_Challenge) – APPC gave $50 million to Bill Ayers to found a 'philanthropic' org in Chicago (CAC) with Barack Hussain Obama as the founding Chairman of the Board.
*Bill Ayers? ('educator, anti-war activist, academic' aka Cultural Marxist) Now, another noteworthy fact is that Factcheck_org is a signatory of the International Fact-checking Network
*International Fact-checking Network(IFCN) Founded in 2015. Apparently cobbled together to reinforce an infrastructure that can combat the rise of Alt-Media and Citizen truth revealing. IFCN has numerous verified signatories, including Snopes and others. IFCN is a unit of Poynter Inst. for Media Studies.
*Poynter Institute for Media Studies Purports to be a "global leader in journalism". Seeing who they work with, however, one might have doubts.
Poynter launched an initiative to fact check health issues around the globe together with 'fact checking' websites Politifact and Africa Check. The initiative is funded by Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation.
*Africa Check - (Founded 2012, partners include Standard Bank and the Soros [Open Society Foundations] (https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/)
*Politifact reports on Poynter Inst. initiative “to fact check claims about health....” has now moved to become part of Poynter
I’ll admit, the content above is in no way conclusive. On the other hand, in my opinion, it certainly establishes a reasonable foundation for questioning Snopes motives, aims, and other efforts to ‘shape’ the facts available on the net.
A few salient points:
Snopes is given credibility by Factcheck who is given credibility by the IFCN and Poynter, etc. With a global network now set up as fact-checkers, they can begin to reinforce themselves and hoodwink the unsuspecting into accepting validity and credibility of a "Ministry of Truth"
In addition, numerous other I.F.C.N. signatories including Snopes are being used by Facebook to block ‘fake news’, which in the Facebook definition includes conservative views on the net, etc.
Now, who do you trust? That’s the question. Me? Not Snopes. Not in a heartbeat. There are more reliable, and more effective ways, to check for truth and facts. It’s called making an effort.