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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]nocalflea
(1,387 posts)87. The admins need to be the ones to stop it.
While your worried about the slippery slope of fake news ,I'm worried about the slippery slope of censorship. Both valid concerns.
We are all prone to confirmational bias . If we do not take individual responsibility to recognize and counter this bias , that is on us , as individuals.
This is not the only site most of us visit. What happens when there is no admin. to shout out "fake news , fake news " ? Or should DU admin.s follow us around from site to site ? Maybe they'd be willing to become our individual babysitters.Go to work with us , read the newspaper with us ... ?
I am an adult. I neither want nor need a babysitter. If I fall prey to " fake news " or a con-artist , that is on me.
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Should DU have an alert or policy for posts with suspected fake news sources? [View all]
Quixote1818
Mar 2017
OP
Is there a way to put a disclaimer adjacent to the site's header or sidebar?
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#2
Looks like the one tonight certanly got flushed out. The OP just deleted it after around 60 recs.
Quixote1818
Mar 2017
#6
If right wing conspiracy loon Louise Mensch is considered a valid source anything goes, IMO. nt
m-lekktor
Mar 2017
#12
Actually Louise Mensch has been right on and seems to have some great intelligence sources
womanofthehills
Mar 2017
#40
only conservatives can bring down Trump at this point. Unless you want to wait til 2018. n/t
yodermon
Mar 2017
#62
you do note DU is on that list as well? colored bars but no legend? Just seems like a random
NRaleighLiberal
Mar 2017
#14
Click the arrowhead > at the right to go to a write-up of details. DU's write-up is mostly fair
ColemanMaskell
Mar 2017
#43
So Common Dreams, Alternet and Daily Kos are fake news sites according to this list
womanofthehills
Mar 2017
#42
They're unreliable compared to NYT, WaPo, and Newsweek standards. Yes. That's what is being said.
ColemanMaskell
Mar 2017
#44
I would like to see known fake news and clickbait sites auto-banned from here.
Lisa0825
Mar 2017
#18
I would like to see something like this, but not sure how to implement it.
Stonepounder
Mar 2017
#24
Throw it by ATA. Perhaps the TOS: Don't peddle right-wing talking points, smears, or sources
still_one
Mar 2017
#27
We always think everyone sees what each of us sees on our variety of "devices."
yallerdawg
Mar 2017
#52
LBN should show source on thread title page, I would ignore many if they did and not waste my time!
FreeStateDemocrat
Mar 2017
#63
That's good about "Breaking News" thread, it disallows commentary articles
ColemanMaskell
Mar 2017
#69
You responded to the OP with the comment, "Neither of those sites are 'fake news'"
Ms. Toad
Mar 2017
#85
Right, my point was that they're not fake news because they're not news sites.
synergie
Mar 2017
#86
That's not now "neither of those" is usually interpreted when it precedes all those other words. nt
Ms. Toad
Mar 2017
#89
Generally, when there are paragraphs, it's helpful to read them and understand what they all mean.
synergie
Mar 2017
#90
How easy is it to spot "Fake News" if you don't consider the source(the site) ?
ColemanMaskell
Mar 2017
#67
Agreed - and everytime I post something from the Palmer Report, someone goes crazy
womanofthehills
Mar 2017
#75
The list is imperfect, certainly. I leaves off The National Enquirer, for example.
ColemanMaskell
Mar 2017
#80