In April 2019, Facebook announced it was adding The Daily Caller, the right-wing site founded by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, to its fact-checking program. The move was made in response to conservatives who complained that Facebook's existing partners, outlets like the Associated Press and Politifact, had a liberal bias. Joel Kaplan, the Republican operative who heads Facebook's DC office,
to the beholder because they are heard over and over. Especially if you like Trump. Conservative, Evangelical, idiots all subscribe to what is being presented. Zuck is protecting his empire by allowing disinformation.
No anti trust for FB and he is a 1%er who benefits from this administration.
This misinformation scheme just gets thicker and thicker. Thanks for taking such detail to explain why the Daily Caller being used as a fact checker is ludicrous. I do this in my work in appeals and I know it is often laborious to set the record straight.
Zuckerburg is an evil little shrew. A coward who bows to the right. It's amazing that these right wing lunatics are able to spew this misinformation and their lies so casually. This is just disgusting.
Disinformation has been around for years. In my lifetime I remember Vietnam Nam, Nixon, the Shah of Iran, Saint Ronnie and how after he was elected, Iran’s leader cut the Embassy hostages loose, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Iraq invasion(wmd’s),the entire RWNJs constant stream of fake news during the Obama administration, and then came the age of trump, which is nothing but a steady stream of lies, invective and degraded intellect. Critical thinking is fast becoming a dead exercise.
Ah, now I understand why the NBC News article I posted on the subject was also deemed to be "false".
So, truth is fiction and fiction is truth, now. George Orwell would be so "proud" of us..........
Alternate facts presented so often become truth
to the beholder because they are heard over and over. Especially if you like Trump. Conservative, Evangelical, idiots all subscribe to what is being presented. Zuck is protecting his empire by allowing disinformation.
No anti trust for FB and he is a 1%er who benefits from this administration.
This misinformation scheme just gets thicker and thicker. Thanks for taking such detail to explain why the Daily Caller being used as a fact checker is ludicrous. I do this in my work in appeals and I know it is often laborious to set the record straight.
Zuckerburg is an evil little shrew. A coward who bows to the right. It's amazing that these right wing lunatics are able to spew this misinformation and their lies so casually. This is just disgusting.
Any ideas how to make FB stop thus?
Disinformation has been around for years. In my lifetime I remember Vietnam Nam, Nixon, the Shah of Iran, Saint Ronnie and how after he was elected, Iran’s leader cut the Embassy hostages loose, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Iraq invasion(wmd’s),the entire RWNJs constant stream of fake news during the Obama administration, and then came the age of trump, which is nothing but a steady stream of lies, invective and degraded intellect. Critical thinking is fast becoming a dead exercise.