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Published: Sep 18, 2023
Author: Eugyppius
Post Date: 2023-09-18 00:28:42 by Charles_Byrd
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Nobody in our corner of the internet could fail to notice the antics of those yapping bouncing frenetic chihuahuas who call themselves fact- checkers. Mostly they work in obscurity, misunderstanding internet jokes, recycling the vacuities of self-styled experts, debunking weird Twitter posts, and above all churning out prodigious walls of text filled with banalities that nobody reads. Occasionally, though, they manage to entertain us as recently, when it emerged that BBC disinformation specialist and fact-checker-in-chief Marianna Spring had larded her very own CV with disinformation. Almost nothing is more amusing than finding oneself in the crosshairs of the fact-checkers, as has happened to me on at least one occasion. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
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