How Propaganda Replaced Journalism and the Dangers of Third-Party ‘Fact-Checkers’

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I don't think people realize how incredibly dangerous "fact checks" can be.

I don't think people realize how ludicrous it is. The media are supposed to be our fact checkers. In theory there should be no snopes of politifact. But so much trust has been lost with media that nobody trusts them anymore so they have to make tertiary institutions to prop up their bullshit.

All of this gets condensed to a headline "Fact check: true" or "Fact check: false" and people don't read further.

Which is the goal. Bite sized talking points is all anybody cares about.