Fact Check
by JassAMan on Apr 30, 2023 22:51:27
An attempt to set the public narrative about what is true by framing individual's or organization's words in either a positive or negative light. Fact checks use labels such as "mostly true" and "mostly false" to frame equivalent statements in a positive or negative light depending on who made them. They also assume implications and intent of the speaker to frame
technically correct statements as inaccurate in that the
fact checker's own assumed implications were incorrect. When all else fails they use "
missing context" to ignore the accuracy of the statement and interject related information to distract from it.
Example:
PolitiFact: "We've fact checked
Ron Paul's statement about federal income tax being zero before 1913 as half true. There was one for a 10 year period a
half century earlier after all"
Critic: "Didn't you fact check an equivalent statement by Jim Web as mostly true though? Oh wait. He's a democrat, isn't he?"
PolitiFact: ;)
Fact Checking
by D Flawless on May 12, 2020 13:13:56
Example:
After luring millions of people onto Facebook with the false promise of
free friends and
free sex, Mark Zuckerberg suddenly started "
fact checking" our free speech until only the views in line with his his rich cronies' plot for world domination were allowed.
Fact check
by AmysMan on Feb 07, 2012 16:12:03
Example:
"
London's definitely the richest city in the world."
In fact, Tokyo, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles all had a higher
gross domestic product than London, according to 2008 statistics. A simple
fact check could have informed you of this fallacy.
Near Fact Check
by Biggie Dawg on Jan 29, 2021 20:04:57
A "Near-Fact-Check" or "NFC" is a polite way to call a "fact-check" that failed to meet logical integrity -wrong, but "hey, you almost got it buddy.". This helps the "
fact-checker" to not be depressed or toxic, or take out their rage on the victims of their
gas-lighting narcissistic abuse. Since fact-checkers are given so much trust by the public, and had one job to do - and failed at providing the facts - they are gas-lighting, by definition, and narcissistically.
Example:
"Hey, look, PoliticFact, I know you tried real hard there and I appreciate that energy, but it didn't
cut it.
It's okay, let's just call it a 'Near Fact Check' and give you a
golden star right there next to your name anyways, for trying ... okay?"
after the fact check
by Uncle Punky on Nov 10, 2013 04:44:25
To be in a public place, do something that is usually only done in private followed by an
immediate glance in all
directions to see if anyone noticed.
Example:
Andy walked into the
classroom while texting and
absent mindedly passed gas. He quickly realized his surroundings
and did an after the fact check by looking around to see if anyone heard.