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Introducing: Scorecards for the TV networks

Hicup said:
Are you serious? The link you provided even admits that it cherry picks what to look at.. :)


Tim-
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So you are saying that they should fact check everything submitted to them?
 
voyager1 said:
So you are saying that they should fact check everything submitted to them?
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Why would anyone wish to submit anything? Can't most individuals fact check anything on their own?

Tim-
 
Hicup said:
Can't most individuals fact check anything on their own?
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How can we individuals check facts, other than to find some journalistic outlet that is hopefully reporting said "facts"?

The MSM is out of control. They get favors from politicians to avoid focusing too much on topics that are politically damaging. Opinion pundits walk a thin line between truth and bald-faced lies (which they conveniently defend as "opinions"). They continue to prop up the R/D false dichotomy during election times, marginalizing 3rd-party candidates and often presenting them as un-viable wastes of votes. They are largely responsible for the Low Info Voter plague. I'm thankful for any medium that attempts to hold them accountable in the public eye for what they do on a daily basis. Friggin crooks!
 
Binary_Digit said:
How can we individuals check facts, other than to find some journalistic outlet that is hopefully reporting said "facts"?

The MSM is out of control. They get favors from politicians to avoid focusing too much on topics that are politically damaging. Opinion pundits walk a thin line between truth and bald-faced lies (which they conveniently defend as "opinions"). They continue to prop up the R/D false dichotomy during election times, marginalizing 3rd-party candidates and often presenting them as un-viable wastes of votes. They are largely responsible for the Low Info Voter plague. I'm thankful for any medium that attempts to hold them accountable in the public eye for what they do on a daily basis. Friggin crooks!
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How do you think these guys check those facts? As to the rest I couldn't agree more.

Tim-
 
Hicup said:
Why would anyone wish to submit anything? Can't most individuals fact check anything on their own?

Tim-
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Because they trust a fact checker to cut through the crap.
 
Binary_Digit said:
How can we individuals check facts, other than to find some journalistic outlet that is hopefully reporting said "facts"?

The MSM is out of control. They get favors from politicians to avoid focusing too much on topics that are politically damaging. Opinion pundits walk a thin line between truth and bald-faced lies (which they conveniently defend as "opinions"). They continue to prop up the R/D false dichotomy during election times, marginalizing 3rd-party candidates and often presenting them as un-viable wastes of votes. They are largely responsible for the Low Info Voter plague. I'm thankful for any medium that attempts to hold them accountable in the public eye for what they do on a daily basis. Friggin crooks!
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Opinions can be true or less then true, sometimes it has to do with perspective. As for third parties they are a waste of votes because they don't appeal to the masses and are just a niche.
 
Binary_Digit said:
I'm thankful for any medium that attempts to hold them accountable in the public eye for what they do on a daily basis.
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How do we even know that that's their intent?
 
voyager1 said:
As for third parties they are a waste of votes because they don't appeal to the masses and are just a niche.
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The only way to waste your vote is to not vote for who you want to win.
 
from the op.

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We use our news judgment to pick the facts we’re going to check..............
 
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