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you're confusing fact checking with forum discussions and social media posts



You are giving too much trust to a small authority group to determine what the "facts" are for the rest of the people.

If these "facts" are so obviously facts, we wouldn't need a team of researchers to establish the fact whether they are facts.

The fact that these "facts" need to be "fact-checked" means they are so open to interpretation and depend on context, that we came to the conclusion that this "fact-checking" concept in fact does not really work.

You can still "fact-check" for yourself; do your own research, make up your own mind yourself. Then you will become more of an independent thinker, be less influenced by authoritarian figures.


What specifically is the difference? Other than an appeal to authority?




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