I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion – let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it’s the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways…so really no difference).

What’s the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there’s people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don’t see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck…

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Lol “I do my own research” vibes.

    I’m not saying we should all take it as an objective truth. But I don’t have the time or motivation to read a selection of articles from every new source I encounter (and fact check their articles) so I can get an idea about the source’s reliability.