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cadoman

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3. support social media and news sources that hire fact checkers

Reply to blm (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:44 AM

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Decline to pay for companies that refuse to use them. Vote with your dollars.

There are more of us than them and they will eventually feel it in their pocket books and have to bring back fact checking.

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Former fact-checker at Facebook fact-checks Zuckerberg on his current lies. [View all] blm Yesterday OP

The end of fact-checking at Meta is a dream come true for conservatives, of course. J_William_Ryan Yesterday #1

Liberals are at liberty too. BonnieJW Yesterday #5

BlueSky DownriverDem Yesterday #8

Well, I like blue sky oldmanlynn Yesterday #13

Good. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #2

Why not just post truthful stuff oldmanlynn Yesterday #15

Social media is like a piranha pool. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #23

support social media and news sources that hire fact checkers cadoman Yesterday #3

Getting rid of fact checkers was probably something he was already itching to do. paulkienitz Yesterday #4

ANYTHING that contradicts... GiqueCee Yesterday #6

Isn't "Fakebook" already in wide use as a pejorative ? eppur_se_muova Yesterday #7

The fact-checkers would have been fine in the eyes of moniss Yesterday #9

I hate zuckerberg ..... I wish he was GONE... Trueblue1968 Yesterday #10

may be time to finally ditch Facebook RussBLib Yesterday #11

Unless, of course, one never had it or used it in thefirst place. I didn't soldierant Yesterday #22

I saw it as garbage immediately Skittles Yesterday #24

This Fact-checker Gets It. DallasNE Yesterday #12

facts have a liberal bias Skittles Yesterday #25

Age of the Oligarchs surfered Yesterday #14

The truth Puppyjive Yesterday #16

Link to the archived version of the article Ms. Toad Yesterday #17

Thank you for posting BoRaGard Yesterday #18

someone should start a new Meta 4catsmom Yesterday #19

Verify First would be a great name blm Yesterday #20

call the twins et tu 22 hrs ago #28

Yes indeed after all NPR tax support was cut because, conservatives claimed, "truth has a liberal bias." nt ShazamIam Yesterday #21

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Yesterday #26

I psoted a pic today of Melania on Facebook with her private blocked out and they removed the post! kimbutgar 23 hrs ago #27