I strongly urge all progressive citizens to read the alarming article below from ThinkProgress and to carefully consider whether they should close their Facebook accounts.
Facebook has chosen the extremist right wing “Weekly Standard” to be one of it’s “Fact Checkers”! Please read Resource (1) below from ThinkProgress:
The following are excerpts from Resource (1):
Last year, Facebook announced that it would partner with The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine, to “fact check” news articles that are shared on Facebook. At the time, ThinkProgress expressed alarm at this decision.
The Weekly Standard has a history of placing right-wing ideology before accurate reporting. Among other things, it labeled the Iraq War “A War to Be Proud Of” in 2005, and it ran an article in 2017 labeling climate science “Dadaist Science,” and promoted that article with the phrase “look under the hood on climate change ‘science’ and what you see isn’t pretty.”
The Weekly Standard brought its third-party “fact-checking” power to bear against ThinkProgress on Monday, when the outlet determined a ThinkProgress story about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was “false,” a category defined by Facebook to indicate “the primary claim(s) in this content are factually inaccurate.”
The article in question, which this reporter wrote, pointed out that, when you read a statement Kavanaugh made during his confirmation hearing alongside a statement he made in a 2017, it becomes clear he is communicating that he opposes Roe v. Wade. Our article is factually accurate and The Weekly Standard’s allegation against us is wrong.
Resources:
(1) Facebook’s idea of ‘fact-checking’: Censoring ThinkProgress because conservative site told them to – A perfect example of how Facebook is catering to conservatives.
IAN MILLHISER SEP 11, 2018, 1:05 PM
