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The View Settles With The Rittenhouses For $22 Million and a Formal Apology

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  • #31
    Originally posted by CivilDiscourse View Post

    Lol. :) It doesn't even have to be a major set of circumstances. It just needs to be the right time, the right mood, the right lack of attention/distractions
    Let this be a lesson to you, CP!!!!
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

      Let this be a lesson to you, CP!!!!
      It happens to the best of us sometimes.
      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
      Than a fool in the eyes of God


      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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      • #33
        Originally posted by CivilDiscourse View Post
        To be fair, the story really isn't satire, its a trap. There's not any humor, but is designed to trick conservatives into sharing fake news.

        In essence, It ACTUALLY is, what snopes complains the Babylon Bee is.
        Or it gives "fact checkers" content to stay in business? Fake content debunking?

        Nothing would surprise me if these sites were in the same business, because a lot of what "fact checkers" debunk are stories or claims I've never even heard of or seen anyone promote on the alternative sites I frequent.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by seanD View Post

          Or it gives "fact checkers" content to stay in business? Fake content debunking?

          Nothing would surprise me if these sites were in the same business, because a lot of what "fact checkers" debunk are stories or claims I've never even heard of or seen anyone promote on the alternative sites I frequent.
          Often its described as being circulated in emails

          I'm always still in trouble again

          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
          "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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          • #35
            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
            Often its described as being circulated in emails
            Emails? I'm not sure what that means. How would they know what circulates via emails?

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            • #36
              Originally posted by seanD View Post

              Emails? I'm not sure what that means. How would they know what circulates via emails?
              Sometimes they'll include a screenshot of one, without identifying information - supposedly somebody forwarded them for fact checking.
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

                Sometimes they'll include a screenshot of one, without identifying information - supposedly somebody forwarded them for fact checking.
                So some anonymous schmoe supposedly sends a "fact checker" an email about a story on a site that the "fact checker" probably funds, wanting to know the veracity of the story. Got it.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by seanD View Post

                  So some anonymous schmoe supposedly sends a "fact checker" an email about a story on a site that the "fact checker" probably funds, wanting to know the veracity of the story. Got it.
                  I wouldn't be surprised if these "fact checkers" subscribed to fringe email chains just to give themselves more grist for the mill.
                  Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                  But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                  Than a fool in the eyes of God


                  From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                    I wouldn't be surprised if these "fact checkers" subscribed to fringe email chains just to give themselves more grist for the mill.
                    I guess I'm just way out of the loop. I know there are sites that have newsletter subscriptions or email notifications when they post a story, but I have no clue what these "email chains" are or how to even subscribe to one.

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by seanD View Post

                      I guess I'm just way out of the loop. I know there are sites that have newsletter subscriptions or email notifications when they post a story, but I have no clue what these "email chains" are or how to even subscribe to one.
                      Email chain: Like an old fashioned chain letter, get -> cop -> Forward.

                      So, you get the story in email, you forward to your friends, rinse, repeat.

                      Or, in the case of work emails, the "email chain" is the list of back and forth emails pertaining to a single topic where a reply is sent, then a reply to the reply, a reply to the reply of the reply, etc.

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by CivilDiscourse View Post

                        Email chain: Like an old fashioned chain letter, get -> cop -> Forward.

                        So, you get the story in email, you forward to your friends, rinse, repeat.

                        Or, in the case of work emails, the "email chain" is the list of back and forth emails pertaining to a single topic where a reply is sent, then a reply to the reply, a reply to the reply of the reply, etc.
                        When I get an email from a source I don't recognize, I just spam it. If I happened to read an email with a strange story I'm not sure of, I google it myself. I guess my methodology is so different, none of this really computes.

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by seanD View Post

                          I guess I'm just way out of the loop. I know there are sites that have newsletter subscriptions or email notifications when they post a story, but I have no clue what these "email chains" are or how to even subscribe to one.
                          I was thinking of those out-there websites where you can sign up for email updates. These "fact checkers" (especially Snopes) probably have a subscription to all of them.
                          Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                          But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                          Than a fool in the eyes of God


                          From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                            I was thinking of those out-there websites where you can sign up for email updates. These "fact checkers" (especially Snopes) probably have a subscription to all of them.
                            I'm actually open to assuming these websites are funded by the "fact checkers." I can't imagine it being very lucrative, or profitable at all, just posting fake stories all day, and stories that no one usually hears about... until the "fact checkers" write a report about it.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by seanD View Post

                              When I get an email from a source I don't recognize, I just spam it. If I happened to read an email with a strange story I'm not sure of, I google it myself. I guess my methodology is so different, none of this really computes.
                              I don't really stay in contact via email, except at work. Email is for bills and website notifications, etc. So, in this particular case, emailed news isn't something I worry about. Running across actual fake news for me tends to be sites like this (and this thread), facebook where I take all political stories with a grain of salt, and if I'm googling around for some thread idea, and that's where I'm most vulnerable to stumbling into fake news. For example, if I'm trying to google around for a good story compiling the ways that democrats tried to overturn the 2016 election of trump, I have to be VERY careful about checking the results that come up, and not just taking the first one that looks like it fits my thought. There's too many sites out there that are overtly biased, fake news, troll farms, etc. If I'm not being particularly vigilant, I can end up grabbing a bad story.

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by CivilDiscourse View Post

                                I don't really stay in contact via email, except at work. Email is for bills and website notifications, etc. So, in this particular case, emailed news isn't something I worry about. Running across actual fake news for me tends to be sites like this (and this thread), facebook where I take all political stories with a grain of salt, and if I'm googling around for some thread idea, and that's where I'm most vulnerable to stumbling into fake news. For example, if I'm trying to google around for a good story compiling the ways that democrats tried to overturn the 2016 election of trump, I have to be VERY careful about checking the results that come up, and not just taking the first one that looks like it fits my thought. There's too many sites out there that are overtly biased, fake news, troll farms, etc. If I'm not being particularly vigilant, I can end up grabbing a bad story.
                                Yeah, it's definitely a bit tricky in regards to self-research, especially in the hyper-polarized environment we're in. The key is to not rely on just one source. I have sources I believe are quite solid, but even those sources I don't solely rely on my information, unless their citations are official .gov sites or something. Any source on social media or a spam email for me would be a nonstarter.

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