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What can we do, as lemmy users, to fight fake news being pushed in the platform? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by YourEmptyWallet to c/asklemmy

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I see a lot of posts lately, mainly in 'world news' communities, that when I investigate their source, I cannot come to any other conclostion that purposefully spreading of fake news and propaganda on lemmy.

I love this platform and want to see it thrive, but the fact that these kind of posts can so easily populate my feed is disturbing.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you think those are leftwing news sources then you probably need to educate yourself a bit more on political ideology.

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

While true, as long as they spread propaganda they shouldn't be allowed to be linked to.

No matter their political bias.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I based it on this research. You can view their methodology here.

[–] AnxiousOtter 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This chart does not rate accuracy or credibility.

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

I was responding to their comment about political alignment:

If you think those are leftwing news sources then you probably need to educate yourself a bit more on political ideology.

The source has nothing to do with credibility.

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

Their definition of the "left" section of their spectrum:

Sources with a Left AllSides Media Bias Rating™ display bias in ways that strongly align with liberal, progressive, or left-wing thought and/or policy agendas.

Even they recognize that liberal and progressive ideas are separate from leftwing ideas, but for some reason have chosen to lump them into a single group. Likely because there are very few leftwing media outlets and none of them have any real name recognition when compared to CNN, MSNBC, etc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

You underscore an issue with the left-right paradigm. Not all conservatives are the same either, yet people feel quite comfortable putting Daily Wire and Breitbart into the same bucket.