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12. I sent this email to them

Reply to pintobean (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:13 AM

Apr 2017

You have DemocraticUnderground.com listed as a fake news site on https://infogr.am/politifacts_fake_news_almanac. .

It is not a fake news site. It is a message board for Democrats. While it is possible that some members might occasionally inadvertently post a fake news story from another website, it is not a fake news site any more than Facebook or Free Republic are fake news sites. Most of the time when people do post fake news other members debunk them in the comments.

Please remove DemocraticUnderground.com from the list and please be more careful about deciding to label a site as fake news because when you misidentifiy a site as fake news, it calls into question the validity of your site.

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PolitiFact's guide to fake news websites and what they peddle [View all] HAB911 Apr 2017 OP

156 site list HAB911 Apr 2017 #1

DU is on that list. pintobean Apr 2017 #3

holy shit HAB911 Apr 2017 #4

Read half the posts on this site SCantiGOP Apr 2017 #7

submitted to Ask the admins board for review HAB911 Apr 2017 #5

It appears Politifacts has removed DU from the list. pintobean Apr 2017 #34

YAY! HAB911 Apr 2017 #35

At first I was like retrowire Apr 2017 #6

That's because they're nobodies. pintobean Apr 2017 #11

oh really? retrowire Apr 2017 #13

I suspect they don't get enough traffic to be worth mentioning. nt m-lekktor Apr 2017 #16

I sent this email to them cannabis_flower Apr 2017 #12

Excellently worded. Hope they consider it. Thanks for this! nt retrowire Apr 2017 #14

I also posted it to their Politifact's Facebook site cannabis_flower Apr 2017 #15

Excellent! thank you! HAB911 Apr 2017 #21

DU is not a news org. It IS a partisan site, obviously ("Democratic" Underground). Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #17

Weird, since DU isn't a news site. It's a discussion board. n/t pnwmom Apr 2017 #37

I see a lot of them are out of scottsdale az. godaddy hosts them duncang Apr 2017 #2

What?! No FOX 'news'? Stellar Apr 2017 #8

'Tain't funny, McGee. This "rooting out," is, IMO, Fascistic at its core. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #22

Who is McGee? Stellar Apr 2017 #24

It's a very old Pop cultural reference. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #36

Link to the actual list, rather than a story about the list Thor_MN Apr 2017 #9

Thanx for direct link... TomVilmer Apr 2017 #18

"DemocraticUnderground.com"! Duppers Apr 2017 #28

WTF? I didn't see that on there until you pointed it out. Thor_MN Apr 2017 #29

Really, WTF? How can they ding a forum linking to real articles? Duppers Apr 2017 #32

important, if exhausting, work ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #10

From the linked article ... left-of-center2012 Apr 2017 #19

Is the NYT on the list? What about the US Govt? And who scrutinizes the gate-keepers? WinkyDink Apr 2017 #20

There needs to be some kind of law, RDANGELO Apr 2017 #23

That would be wide open to abuse. Jim Lane Apr 2017 #33

Notice that Free Republic, Breitbart, Blaze, Drudge, Daily Caller BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #25

Read past the headline killbotfactory Apr 2017 #26

Are you saying PolitiFact is bullshit? HAB911 Apr 2017 #27

Not at all killbotfactory Apr 2017 #30

Gotcha! HAB911 Apr 2017 #31