Can we trust Snopes?

[essentialsaltes]

Why fact-checking is needed.

 

[Croatoan]

An investigation of Snopes has shown that they hire expoliticians, as ´fact-checkers´, introducing bias.
The Daily Mail Snopes Story And Fact Checking The Fact Checkers

 

[rambot]

Why are you necromamcing two old threads about snopes?

 

[Croatoan]

Fact-checking never gets old. Speak for yourself.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

I trust Snopes more then The Fox News Channel and Trump.

 

[Rick Otto]

Why are you necromamcing two old threads about snopes?

You don't have to play , but when you do, play nice.

People still think Snopes is spotless.

 

[Rick Otto]

Fact-checking never gets old. Speak for yourself.

Absolutely correct.
And we might need to check the facts on our fact checkers.

 

[SandwichBoy]

Do not trust snopes.

 

[USincognito]

Why are you necromamcing two old threads about snopes?

Snopes bad! Whatever you do, do not fact check with Snopes!! In fact don't fact check at all!!!

 

[USincognito]

People still think Snopes is spotless.

Spotless? No idea what you're trying to infer, but as far as reliability goes, it's top notch.

 

[USincognito]

Do not trust snopes.

Welcome the forum.

 

[rambot]

Really? That's your first post to the forum?

It's the passion that pushes you over the edge. I've been there; when you are just so filled with it and it has to come out of you.

You don't have to play , but when you do, play nice.

People still think Snopes is spotless.

Which fact checking organization is Better? Cause too often I think people just don't want to be held responsible for believing nonsense and this "baaaaa.....nothing can Be trusted!!!!baaaaaa!! is a nice, reasonable soundingsbeard for that attitude.

 

[SandwichBoy]

Really? That's your first post to the forum?

Yes. Really.

 

[Rick Otto]

It's the passion that pushes you over the edge. I've been there; when you are just so filled with it and it has to come out of you.


Which fact checking organization is Better? Cause too often I think people just don't want to be held responsible for believing nonsense and this "baaaaa.....nothing can Be trusted!!!!baaaaaa!! is a nice, reasonable soundingsbeard for that attitude.

Point taken, but you might be leaning too hard on some convenient assumptions re: facts and the reliability of organizations. Too often we want to trust reflexively, so what then becomes "fact" may be arguable.

 

[Rick Otto]

Spotless? No idea what you're trying to infer, but as far as reliability goes, it's top notch.

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean... top notch = spotless.
Generally accepted without question because it is generally accepted without question. Not knowing who is involved or where they came from, what they've been up to and who might be behind them.
You got the idea perfectly.

 

[Rick Otto]

Snopes bad! Whatever you do, do not fact check with Snopes!! In fact don't fact check at all!!!

That was entertaining but not convincing.

 

[rambot]

Point taken, but you might be leaning too hard on some convenient assumptions re: facts and the reliability of organizations. Too often we want to trust reflexively, so what then becomes "fact" may be arguable.

As I said in another post, it's hard to claim bias when primary sources are being presented and addressed. They tend to have a fair amount of that.

As the saying goes, I'm up to having an open mind just not at both ends.

 

[USincognito]

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean... top notch = spotless.
Generally accepted without question because it is generally accepted without question. Not knowing who is involved or where they came from, what they've been up to and who might be behind them.
You got the idea perfectly.

No. Spotless = perfect and no one is claiming that Snopes is perfect. Top notch means it's the best in the business of what it does and in the case of nonsense busting, it is top notch.

That was entertaining but not convincing.

Thanks, it's was meant to be entertaining and not convincing so it served it's intened purpose.

 

[variant]

I suspect that the people who demand perfection from snopes are the same ones that religiously listen to the sources snopes regularly makes look foolish.