George Soros Funds Global ‘Fact Checking’ Empire

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  1. gamma875

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    Yes, I do and you misunderstood.
     
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    I am sure for someone that prefers to do nothing, it would be.
     
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    Right, all the truth one needs can be found on Fox.
    Why? They casted doubt on what you were fed?
     
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    Curious how the guy always complaining about profit and capitalism loves George Soros. Your constant bobing and weaving to avoid the actual subject of the OP reminds me of Joe Frazier minus the left hook.

    So let's stop deflecting and address the subject of the thread. Yes or no. Is it a good thing that a rich person can use his money to control the "fact checking" industry and limit the free exchange of information industry?
     
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    I'm not sure you do. I'm not sure I'm the one that misunderstood either.

    It's coming off like you're just saying science sounding words to sound more sciencey.
     
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    Nobody gives a ****.
     
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    What does Murdoch have to do with this?
     
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    If this wasn't true you wouldn't be in a tit for tat posting war with me.

    You care deeply that's why you tried to pretend you're doing research and that you even know what that is.
     
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    This is a classic example of whataboutism used as a deflection and a strawman fallacy. An ironic statement as well considering it is highly unlikely that objective truth is to be found on a Soros funded "fact checker."
     
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    Nothing. Did I mention Murdoch?

    Does Murdoch actually have something to do with the OP? Can you actually address the OP which was about Soros controlling the "fact checkers"?

    Secondly, to me Murdoch, his sons, and FOX are all part of the government/media complex run by the Oligarchy class.
     
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    True of all media, right? Nobody should know what to believe. I certainly don't.
     
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    That is what I was thinking off. A liberal dude and his wife in their basement. Finding the truth on the Internet. What a world.

    Where these the people that determined Satire to be false? lol
     
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    Well he is on record saying
    Did George Soros Say His Life's Mission Is to Destroy the United States? | Snopes.com
    And why watch, when you can read about him and all his angles and judge the man for yourself, as scary as that might sound to some people!
    the evils of George Soros - Search (bing.com)

    Or if some are so inclined.
    Joe Rogan, sometime leftist hero or zero depending on the propaganda curve ;)
     
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    Essentially people need to be skeptical. This can be hard because everyone wants to hear something that proves them right.

    So you need to be skeptical of information that suggests that you're right.

    The desire to be correct and vindicated in your correctness is what makes it possible to gaslight people.

    Essentially don't believe everything that you hear. No matter where you hear it from.
     
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    No. They limited what I could say and who I could use to support what I believe so I left them and came here.
     
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    MBFC is one like that with one who knows nothing of the media and his “volunteers” making unscientific opinions as to what media is what. Simply ridiculous.
     
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    How did/do you determine that?
     
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    By reading their own disclaimers on their own site…
     
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    Did you bother looking up their credentials or do you just like what they tell you and accept it?
     
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    Really, I've looked it over pretty thoroughly and I don't see that. Actually what I see is they do a very in depth look at each site and try to involve the site itself. AND, if you look at their ratings they are just as hard (accurate) on Left leaning sites, as they are Right. What you don't like is when people use them to evaluate your sources they invariably come up right to far-right leaning; it's not MBFC's fault that's all you have your nose in.
     
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    See my post #120, yes I read their methodology, it looks thorough to me; and credible. "THEY" don't seem to be biased in their reporting either, they call the cards as they lay. I don't think you have "looked up their credentials" or checked what they report; you just don't like what they say about the sites you quote; that's not MBFC's fault it's yours for not reading a balance diet of sources.
     
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    What a load of crap. How did they limit anything for you?
     
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