▲ 551 ▼ CNN Fact-Checker Daniel Dale Takes On Biden Impeachment Point By Point: ‘None of This Evidence Has Appeared’ (www.mediaite.com) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments Not a big CNN fan, but this is a very well-done dissection.
[–] twelvefloatinghands@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've been thinking that fact checking alone is not enough. Are there any projects focused on identifying the sources of false talking points? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Waste of time. There's tens of millions of people out there willing to make stuff like this up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dudinax@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think so. Much of it gets funneled or even created from the top. I was surprised in 2020 by how many "grassroots" election conspiracy theories became popular because they were promoted by the Trump team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Oh well in that case it's easy, arrest every top GOP politician and consultant lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Waste of time. There's tens of millions of people out there willing to make stuff like this up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dudinax@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think so. Much of it gets funneled or even created from the top. I was surprised in 2020 by how many "grassroots" election conspiracy theories became popular because they were promoted by the Trump team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Oh well in that case it's easy, arrest every top GOP politician and consultant lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dudinax@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't think so. Much of it gets funneled or even created from the top. I was surprised in 2020 by how many "grassroots" election conspiracy theories became popular because they were promoted by the Trump team. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Oh well in that case it's easy, arrest every top GOP politician and consultant lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Oh well in that case it's easy, arrest every top GOP politician and consultant lol permalink fedilink source parent