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In reply to the discussion: Should DU have an alert or policy for posts with suspected fake news sources? [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)That's because I do click through and read the cited sources and seek out others.
I just never thought either source was news, it clearly had a bias, and the sources they used didn't match up at times. They were less egregious than USUncut, which certainly had a left bias but used RW talking points that they didn't link to and which searches only led to RW sources.
I think it's the responsibility of those posting a site to do their due diligence, and just as you've done here, people are quick to point out the errors.
The issue with some of these sources is the confirmation bias, people really liked what they were being told and didn't question it, and were rather vicious to anyone who pointed out the errors.
I'd like to point out that I didn't reference bipartisan report which didn't pass my smell test when I saw it popping up all over my facebook feed. MMFA and C&L don't have these issues, they also don't claim to be news organizations, they are liberal critics of the news media.