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Who downvotes the MediaBiasFactCheck bot? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by raunz@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Who would do such a thing? And why? The poor little fella is just doing it's job...

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm misreading your comment (coffee hasn't kicked in yet), but are you saying the bot is incorrect or that people view the bot as incorrect because it doesn't support their biases?

[–] auk@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm saying that the bot is incorrect. Look up any pro-Palestinian or -Arab source on it, and you'll find a pretty bald-faced statement that it is factually suspect, because its viewpoint is anti-Israel. Look up the New York Times, which regularly reports factually untrue things, including one which caused a major journalistic scandal near the beginning of the war in Gaza, and check its factual rating.

Every report of bias is from somebody's point of view. That part I have no issue with. Pretending that a source is or isn't factual depending on whether it matches your particular bias is something different entirely.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Also, this is pure pet peeve, but have you ever seen that MBFC has a rating for itself? It pops up if someone links to it in the body of the post.

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