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A Toronto cop stole her dead sister’s credit card. The wait for justice was ‘maddening’ (www.thestar.com)

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Lisa Lawler had no reason to suspect Const. Boris Borissov but now her opinion of police has changed — she’s convinced other grieving families have been victims of similar thefts

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wikipedia is hardly an authoritative source for political factoids.

factoid: A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition.

So tell me, what is an authoritative source of factoids?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

factoid: A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition.

Actually, this is strictly an American definition. In original English, (Cambridge Dictionary) it means what I used it for: FACTOID | English meaning—Cambridge Dictionary I'm Canadian, and we use/follow the King's English! July 19, 2023 — FACTOID definition: 1. an interesting piece of information, 2. an interesting piece of information. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/factoid

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So tell me, what is an authoritative source of factoids?

I like Quora. Encyclopedia's on print stock used to be the gold standard due to professional fact-checkers, Wikipedia is NOT an alternative to that medium IMHO. BTW, I did not know of the definition of Factoid — Had thought it was slang for Fact.