What do you think about Facebook claiming in court that its fact checks are really just opinion?
A Quora Question … and My Answer:
I think the worst kind of sin is when you trick an innocent person who only intends to be “good” into doing it. In this case, Facebook can say it’s just “opinion,” while they wrap it in an official-looking box and place it prominently everywhere … and while they KNOW beyond a doubt people are interpreting the “fact-check” as something so real, studied and reliable that they’ll lose friends over it …
But it is true – it’s just an opinion. Even if you read them you’ll see it easily. They are extremely slanted, especially the “headline,” or the “context” (which the headline creates) – in such a way they’ll check out “Did the Devil Go Down to Georgia to Cause Trouble?” … and put in huge letters at the top “FALSE!” They’ll then explain, in small letters, that the devil DID, in fact, go down to Georgia, but as cited by Charlie Daniels, he was “lookin’ for a soul to steal.”
Then they’ll leave it like that.
They’re counting on us not really reading it.
It’s our fault! Continue reading “Did the Devil Go Down? (Fact Check)”
