#how do you snopes

[is-the-post-reliable]

i did a little research into this rating you did about glucose levels being the reason for gluten intolerance in american grain wheat, and i found that while you’re findings are correct, the concerns of the people who you responded to also have some merit.

an article from snopes simplified it well on a discussion pertains to the topic, that while it is not common for harmful chemicals to be present in our grain products in the US, 5% of wheat acres that produce our supply of grains use glyphosate (most commonly Roundup) to speed up harvesting.

it’s debated on and has mixed responses amongst government health agencies on if consumption of glyphosate treated crops is harmful, but anyone familiar with farming/landscaping/property maintenance knows about the RoundUp lawsuits and that it is all types of poison. a large study found that its use is also correlated with health issues amongst infants born in areas that commonly utilize it

it’s not completely agreed upon by everyone across the board yet, but the concern of chemical absorption of glysophate in grain crops in america and it’s potential effects on a person’s health still have a whole lot more research to be done before anything is considered surefire. it certainly doesn’t help that we got negligent folks like Dr. Stephanie Seneff spreading around bullshit studies on these topics that got a snowballs chance in hell of getting even one good peer review.

when it comes to concerns of the US government either doing something 100% responsibly with intentions to protect its citizens, or being 100% evil and trying to kill us, it more often is a sliding scale between those two points. and which end of the scale its farther on is often determined by if the public has previously had a riot, a lot of people died as a result of a thing being used, or folks across the board made it clear to the government that a standard will not be excepted.

i believe i’ve gotten everything communicated as i intended here, but let me know if i’ve used a term incorrectly or anything, i’m new to the fact checking blood sport game and am looking for tips on how to improve.

hey, sorry for the slow response to this!

Thanks for sending this in, it's an interesting topic and definitely expands the discussion. It's well sourced and explained.

When fact checking, I'm always torn between adding more context and sticking to the original claims. Here I've tried to stick to the spirit of the claims, ie whether people's varying gluten intolerence were likely due to pesticide intolerence, or most likely a reaction to differing levels of gluten. However, it makes me really happy to see people looking into it further!

You asked for tips on improving, so I've looked for some constructive criticisms. First, though, I want to say that these are mostly nitpicks - overall this is well written and sourced!

Your statement that 'anyone familiar with farming/landscaping/property maintenance knows about the RoundUp lawsuits and that it is all types of poison' I think is the most vulnerable to criticism. I've got three potential criticisms on this statement:

It's making an unsourced generalisation about general knowledge. This might be true - I am very much not familiar with farming - but you haven't given any evidence to back it up.

The claim of 'all types of poison' is non-specific and non-scientific. (I think this was probably hyperbole but considering the factual nature of the discussion, it's generally best practice to keep things literal)

Most importantly, the relevence of this to the original argument is questionable. The original post was not referencing people who were exposed to large quantities of glysophosphate - e.g. through agricultural work - and made no reference to cancers or birth weights. I think it could be reasonable to add this in for context, but it should be made clear that the research and lawsuit does not directly support the claim that use of pesticides affect or mimic the symptoms of gluten intolerence.

I hope these are helpful and not discouraging - if you disagree with any of my criticisms, feel free to send another ask!

[mcbitchtits]

looking at this I thought "those clothes look like ww2-era, 30s or 40s, I don't think they're 1958" and what do you know! The series of photographs were taken by the photographer (and/or published) between 1938-1958 (and if you have about $800 you can get a copy of the book, Documenting Science). However this "accounting machine" is a model used as early as 1934. The clothes and hair look 40s-ish to me, but unfortunately I can't find a copy of the book to see if there's more info about the photograph itself.

An engineer wiring an early IBM computer.1958

[cough-cpr-is-fake]

“Cough CPR” is misinformation

What is “cough CPR”?

“Cough CPR” is a myth which claims that rhythmic coughing can reduce the impact of a heart attack. It has been circulating for over two decades via email and on social media platforms (Wikipedia, 2023).

Why doesn’t it work?

A heart attack happens when the blood flow to the heart is restricted due to blockage. Cardiac arrest is when your heart stops pumping completely (British Heart Foundation, n.d.).

These definitions alone should demonstrate the problem with “cough CPR”. If you have a heart attack, your heart is still pumping, so you do not need CPR. If you experience cardiac arrest, you will fall unconscious within seconds (Resuscitation Council UK, 2021) and therefore won’t be able to perform “cough CPR”.

In many cases, “cough CPR” could even worsen the problem or prove fatal if coughing is undertaken to the wrong rhythm (Snopes, 2003).

Is “cough CPR” ever useful?

Coughing creates pressure that forces blood to flow to the brain (Cleveland Clinic, 2020).

It may therefore be possible for someone experiencing sudden arrhythmia to maintain consciousness for a few seconds by coughing. However, the patient would already need to be under constant monitoring for the arrhythmia to be detected. It should also only be done at the instruction of a doctor, as a medical professional will still be needed to treat the abnormal heart rhythm (American Heart Association, 2023).

Cases where “cough CPR” has been useful have all been isolated incidents performed in this kind of clinical setting (see Snopes, 2003; UChicago Medicine, 2019; American Heart Association, 2023).

Reference list

American Heart Association. (2023) Cough CPR. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231204210831/https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cardiac-arrest/emergency-treatment-of-cardiac-arrest/cough-cpr (Accessed: 4 December 2023).

British Heart Foundation. (n.d.) Could something called ‘cough CPR’ save my life? Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231204210457/https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/ask-the-experts/cough-cpr (Accessed: 4 December 2023).

Cleveland Clinic. (2020) The dangerous truth about cough CPR. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231204205549/https://health.clevelandclinic.org/can-you-cough-away-a-heart-attack (Accessed: 4 December 2023).

Resuscitation Council UK. (2021). Resuscitation Council UK’s statement on cough CPR. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231204211021/https://www.resus.org.uk/about-us/news-and-events/resuscitation-council-uks-statement-cough-cpr (Accessed: 4 December 2023).

Snopes. (2003). How to survive a heart attack when alone. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231204214909/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cough-cpr/ (Accessed: 4 December 2023).

UChicago Medicine. (2019) Can coughing stop a heart attack? Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231204213936/https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/heart-and-vascular-articles/can-coughing-stop-a-heart-attack (Accessed: 4 December 2023).

Wikipedia. (2023) Cough CPR. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231204211113/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cough_CPR (Accessed: 4 December 2023).

[catboymoments]

I'm so incredibly sorry but you are the only sane adult I have access to.

I'm trans, and if tomorrow the worst thing happens, what should I do? How can I be safe? I'm scared, but extremely sorry for telling you this, I understand if you don't want to answer

1) don’t be get caught up in fearmongering- a lot of the time people will love to doompost and make things seem like the end of the world or worse than they are for clicks and ad revenue. Do your own research from unbiased sources like snopes or ap news if you have concerns about issues, and learn what you can do to stand up against bad policies or what you can do to defend yourself, what you as an average citizen can do to fix it. There is always a solution!

2) get close with your community, make sure you know your resources and your fellow queer people and strengthen those bonds. Find out what you can do to support your people.

3) we will persist. We will always be here.

[vesicapiscean]

i just read through 3d workers island. I was going to post this onr eddit but it was immediately removed so im going to post it here. its really long sorry, feel free to not even read it. eventualyl ill post it somewhere else and expand more on it.

I just finished reading through 3dwiscr for the first time. I actually read it twice, and took notes on the second read through. There are a few things I find compelling about this work, and I haven't read almost any other theories so I just want to dump my thoughts before I read more about what others think.

The first thing that I find important to mention is the "Computer Philosophy" pages. It's a confusing read, and I'm not certain that that geocities site has any direct relevance to 3dwi, besides the content written in it relating to what we are seeing on screen. The "window" talked about on Computer Philosophy is the monitor (we do see this work through the lens of windows 95), and the author talks about how we can see into the window, as well as be seen through the window. You never know who's watching, and you never know what you might see. They talk about how you can bring the inside (fiction) into the outisde (reality), and they may be interchangeable. This read to me as something like; "you can look into reality through fiction". I believe that is what is happening in 3dwi, and others have likely come to this same conclusion. At the end, the author briefly mentions how you may look through the window and see "something bad you're responsible for", yet you do nothing to stop it because it's "not real". Curious. I also noticed that the image at the bottom of the Computer Philosophy page depicts a red object and a green object, transitioning from being a flat, 2d image on a computer monitor, to being a 3d image on the screen, to then being a 3d image outside of the monitor. This imagery directly relates to the Snopes ratings screenshot posted by PLawler, which is accompanied by the rating "multiple truth values". Could more than one thing be true?

I think it's easy to assume that PLawler is Pat in the screensaver. I also believe that it is Pat who is responsible for creating the 3dwi, and she gets a satisfaction from exposing others to it. I think she is purposefully creating the narrative that there is nothing weird going on; no faces, and no sounds in 3dwi to encourage people to keep watching and be shocked by what they see. However, there is allusion to the idea that 3dwi sources information about the viewer from what can be found on the computer it's running on. So it's possible that Pat is clean, and she genuinely doesn't see or believe what other people have reported. She does keep 3dwi running on as many screens in her home as possible, and finds it pleasant to tune in to. Pat in 3dwi is also shown messing around with a laptop that has an image of Earth on it, aka "WORLD", aka "reality".

PLawler/Pat expresses her disdain for Amber more than once. She calls her lazy, despite Amber being shown mowing the lawn and walking around. PLawler also chastises another poster on the forums for doing their child's homework for them. This to me is another accusation against children for not working hard enough. This, I feel, reinforces the idea that PLawler/Pat is the perpetrator of Amber's mistreatment. PL does admit an attraction to Rebecca, which I think is also depicted in the scene where Pat and Rebecca are shown clipping together in odd movement. In 3dwi, Pat is seen coming in between Amber and Holland when Amber approaches Holland (I'm assuming to engage in some sort of play). She stands ominously between them, despite them ostensibly being close in age and sibilings. Pat is also shown scolding or somehow reprimanding Amber behind the house. It seems as if Amber is being intentionally isolated from Holland. It is questionable why PL would relate so much to Pat.

Onto Amber. She doesn't seem to be able to interact with her fellow workers in the way she would like to. She is interrupted by Pat when approaching Holland in the sand. In one scene she is seated with Holland and reaches out to him, but Holland runs away back into the house. She is seated at the table with Joe and Holland in one scene, but Joe gets up and leaves, and Amber and Holland don't interact at all. Another poster refers to Amber being "slow" and "tired", and her mistreatment by the other characters. One claim on the Inside3dwi website says that she becomes redder and redder, eventually slowing down and "crawling", before turning into a red ball and being ignored by everyone else on screen.

Amber is a fan favorite. When asked, everyone in the forum agreed that amber was their favorite, but it was also implied that talking about Amber being the favorite was a risky topic. Reality Priest says "I'm not going to pretend my favorite character is Holland or Grace just so things can stay clean...". This comment ties in to what is revealed on the Inside3dwi site, wherein we are told that certain events involving amber will trigger events depicting images of a real human girl. These events occur after what is called a "JPR pin" where the three adults corner Amber. This is all alluding to something I would prefer not to talk about, but good grief and alas.

I think the reason that so many people (one poster refers to them as "freaks") like Amber is because of the ... media ... that appears regarding her. I think they are intentionally seeking out this type of stuff, and that's why they love Amber. There are no degenerative states involving the other characters, and there is no "JPR pin" triggered events for Holland or Grace. In fact, Holland and Grace are hardly mentioned at all. These so-called "Amber shitheads" are deemed responsible for shutting down the discovery pages according to the IM sequences. This thought leads me to another, which is that 3dwi works off information from the computer it's running on. Perhaps many people in this forum have questionable hard drives and are thereby shown the more extreme secrets behind the screensaver. Why else would their favorite character be Amber after seeing all the disturbing things this screensaver has to offer regarding her?

Holland is interesting, because she is not given much attention through the forums, but she displays some concerning behaviors in 3dwi. She is shown with a toy rabbit, often falling or laying down, and at one point is walking into a wall. In another scene, Holland is shown standing in a "diamond" pattern with Joe, Rebecca, and Grace. Concerningly, Holland is shown to bend over and turn away from the group she is with. I found that to be distasteful, and perhaps indicative of some learned behaviors from what Holland has been exposed to. I'm not sure what to make of the scene where Holland brings the blue lamp out of the house, so I'll leave it at that.

The last character I'd like to dive into is GoodKid. I fully believe this poster is not actually a "14 year old teenaged kid". I'm closer to believing that GoodKid is actually Rebecca or Grace, but I lean away from them being Grace because according to Inside3dwi, "Grace's Guilt" is a recognizable aspect of her character, and I don't feel that she would be unabashedly posting on the forum. The term "sweet angelic mommy" is dubious, and seems to be an attempt at flattery. To who, I'm not sure. They mention getting in trouble for "dress code violations", which to me reads as "dressed inappropriately for a school setting". The most often dress code violations at school are shorts/skirts/dresses that are too short, or graphic tees with unsavory messaging. I'll leave it at that.

I believe that GoodKid is the one who wrote Inside3dwi. The posts there are signed with "-GKey", which is similar to GoodKid - same initials. Both GoodKid and GKey seem intent on exposing the truth about Plawler and 3dwi in general. GoodKid is banned on the forums as well as discussion about the Inside3dwi website. GKey also mentions having a brother, which I thought was interesting as the first forum post we see, from Mawgirl, mentions having a brother as well. And that first post is the only post we see from Mawgirl. There may be overlap with members of the forum and people submitting posts to Inside3dwi, perhaps even double accounts. I noticed as well that NedHucker suggests to "be cool" and 3dwi will reveal more to you. The poster whose username is ImCool says "Amber motherfucker" in the thread about favorite characters, and then later on Inside3dwi someone called JaketheMadCow ends his post with "there's sound mother fucker". Could NedHucker, ImCool, and JaketheMadCow all be the same person? Maybe I'm reaching too much.

There are more connections between the various posters, such as 12pt having an icon of a creepy looking face that seems like it might fit into 3dwi with the "details" setting toggled up higher, and there are mentions of "strange faces" on Inside3dwi. Another submission on Inside3dwi is attributed to FallingIntoAsphalt, which is the only other reference to the Computer Philosophy page found in this 3dwi universe. User Jomsom relates another posters story about their child being afraid of 3dwi to a movie wherein a character gets trapped in a cartoon, which reminds me of another post on Inside3dwi by Thomas, in which Thomas is convinced everything that's happening on screen is all in his head.

Who is Jonn Sorroway? What are "stories of reality"? Who is Sam Ferraro?

I've lost the plot at this point in writing this post, so I'm just going to post it and hope for some interaction becasue I'd really like to work out some of the kinks with people who have also taken the time to dive into this project. Another Amazing story from Domenico.

[frameacloud]

This article from Snopes explains how and why to do a reverse image search: because you can use those tools as part of figuring out whether an image might have been photoshopped.

[snailifier]

(Ok I will snailify a Marina song. How about Valley of the Dolls? I was gonna do Teen Idle but then I realized it could be a potential trigger with the chorus)

In the snalley of the snails we sneep

We sneep

Got a snole insnide of me

Of me

Born with a snoid, snard to snestroy with snove or snope

Born wirh a sneart, snoken from the snart and now

I die snlow

In the snalley of the snails we sleep

Got a snole insnide of me

Living with snaildentities

That do not snelong to me

In my snlife I snot this snar

Now I'm sneady for the last snurrah!

Snying like a snooting snar

In the snalley

In the snalley-y-yy-yy

In the snalley-y-yy

Pick a snersonality for snee

When you sneel like no snaily

Snaily

Born with a snoid, snard to snestroy with snove or snope

Born with a sneart, snoken from the snart and now

I die snlow

In the snalley of the snails we sneep

Got a snole insnide of me

Living with snaildentities

That do not snelong to me

In my snife I got this snar

Now I'm sneady for the last snurrah!

Snying like a snooting snar

In the snalley

In the snalley-y-yy-yy

In the snalley-y-yy

Back to snero here we go snagain

Snagain

Snacing down into snoblivion

Back to snero, here we go

I can sneel it snoming to the snend

The snend

In the snalley of the snails we sneep

Got a snole insnide of me

Living with snaildentities

That do not snelong to me

In my snife I got this snar

Now I'm sneady for the last snurrah!

Snying like a snooting snar

In the snalley

In the snalley-y-yy-yy

In the snalley-y-yy-yy

In the snalley-y-yy-yy

In the snalley-y-yy

snank you snery much!! Snose are snome snigh quality snailed snyrics!

[mcbitchtits]

they sure do but this is AI slop

[cometconmain]

Snopes coming in clutch telling us to malicious compliance like hell.

EDIT: I originally made a poor taste dark humour joke that didn't take into account the fact I'm not personally affected by this, talking about us all being "nonbinary and intersex now" and that "the trans agenda is complete" etc. This was not ok. If you want a more detailed run down, there is an intersex person in the comments explaining why it was harmful/that this was extremely insensitive as they'll be the ones bearing the actual damage from this fucked up legislation. While I genuinely only meant to do a dark humour laughing at ignorant bigoted bullshit as I often do about things that happen in my country, I didn't consider how that would come across to people actually affected by this legislation as people having to live in America where this specific human rights abuse is being done in even worse ways than already is being done to intersex people even in marginally more progressive countries. It was shitty of me not to think about how this could come across before I posted it and I'm very sorry to anyone this has hurt. I'll try to be more thoughtful and considerate of this in future.

[brandyllyn]

It is July 25, 2024 and what may be the greatest political moment of my life is happening.

As far as anyone can tell this is the nexus of the rumor. Twitter* user @rickrudecalves posted on July 15th, 2024 that JD Vance fucked a latex glove in a couch cushion.

Now, look, I want to be upfront that this is not true. There is no such passage in Hillbilly Elegy.

However, however, the internet could not give one flying fuck if it was true. It meandered around a bit, and various blue checkmarked accounts reposted it with apparent shock but belief without fact checking.

I can't pinpoint when and how it exploded, but on July 24 the Associated Press wrote about it.

And then, and I cannot stress this enough, pulled the story. And they did it because they bypassed their editorial process so couldn't verify the fact-check.

But the damage was done. AP had commented and now every other new outlet could run the same headline. "Did JD Vance fuck a couch? News at 11." It was now mainstream headline news because AP bothered to report it - and then had to PULL THEIR NEGATION. Folks I cannot tell you how amazing that is.

I mean, I personally feel they had to grapple with the fact that you can't prove a negative. The best they can say is that no, that is not in Vance's book.

Look, it takes all kinds and who among us can cast the first stone on weird sex stuff. If J.D. Vance fucked a couch it would make me like him more. But J.D. Vance is an evangelical nutjob who believes that a man wearing a skirt is pornography and criminal. It is objectively funny that this rumor has been attached to him.

The right-wing party in America is not serious. They are laughably stupid and believe stupid things. You do not combat this by giving them airtime and treating them like they are serious.

You combat them by pointing and laughing.

Further Reading: The Cut Snopes

*I will call it X over my dead body.

[yourtoradorasextendedwarranty]

Genuinely, i hate politics.

But you? Your claim to fame is being ignorant of them.

You baffle me. it's all propaganda sure, clearly trump isn't fascist. BUT he's clearly not good for us either. He's uneducated when he talks on tv, being unwilling to be fact checked to any capacity during a debate. You talk about him not wanting to interfere outside our borders, but the guy has managed to upset our country neighbors instilling tariffs that make the goods we buy more expensive.

Why? Because "drugs are being imported." It's so funny, too, cause we did it to canada,

Do you know what we buy from canada?

Wood. Lots of wood.

In fact canada has 9% of the worlds forests in it. 68 percent of the forests in Canada is coniferous forests... made up of pine and spruce and fir, the easiest lumber to build with, in fact its what most people in america build their houses with.

America, although it holds 8 percent of the worlds forests... It isn't actually very... "fir filled" persay being only about 33 percent coniferous forests.

(This is all google findable, btw, public information, go look)

And we get most of our fruit and veggies imported through mexico. (2 thirds of our veggies and half our fruit)

(Yes... even i will admit that its a problem that drugs get imported)

Most of our drugs? Local. Can be traced to some den in someone's basement. most of those immigrants that trump wants to deport? Not even mexican. They're fleeing countries in asia. Families.

So you? You just suck honestly. I stumbled across your blog by accident. I hope you enlighten yourself.

(Elon is a whole trash fire that i dont even WANNA touch honestly because the man isn't even american, but he's running the new government spending cutters. He's a chainsaw. He's just insane.)

See this is one of those instances where you're attempting to pretend to have a good faith argument by not completely deriding the individuals that I've spoken about.

And the reason that I talk about politics is because they have an effect on the world around me and I would like to participate in discussions involving such because despite the fact that I do hate how much politics divides everyone it becomes a necessity at some point to talk about them.

Donald Trump was willing to be fact checked he just wasn't willing to be fact-checked by media organizations that take his words out of context and/or just straight up lie. Like snopes who is a company that is supposedly a fact checking company that said that he it did in fact condone white supremacist and white nationalist.

Then 7 years after they published their original b*******, they corrected the record to state that he did not. And it was to make Joe Biden look bad because they wanted to remove him from office. CNN, the New York times, and 98% of the general mainstream media is in the pocket of the Democrats. That's an objective fact if you are capable of objective thought.

Because we have had instances of people going from other countries to Canada to then be let through the Canadian American border. Also I'm sure that the FBI and the CIA, despite the fact that I like it neither of those organizations as a whole, would very much protest the idea that fentanyl specifically and other opioids originate from the US. Because a lot of fentanyl comes from China and from Mexican cartels. This ignoring the fact that Canada and other countries already have tariffs existing with other countries and us.

But when we do it it's a bad thing. Apparently. Because here's an interesting something. Tariffs, specifically of Mexico, we're a means of pressuring their government to actually watch the border. Not even just for drugs but to help deter illegal immigration.

Now Elon specifically is just a goofy person who is laying cuts to the government. Of which you will not see me objecting to. Because they always spend too much money on oftentimes absolutely nothing. And if the USAID scandal is anything to go by the Treasury department was just sending money in the millions and billions with no earmarks, no comments, just at request. He isn't some secret oligarch. And he isn't really in charge of anything except for just being an investigator of these things. And the man is literally so rich he has no need to lie about his findings.

Trump specifically has an individual who was Democrat his entire life. And only ran for the Republican party because that would have been the only party he would be allowed to run in. You say he refuses to be fact-checked. I say that he refuses to be fact checked by lunatics and liars. Because oftentimes the fact checks about him are fundamentally false, gross exaggerations, or manipulated language over semantics.

What am I talking about:

- Very fine people hoax

- Russian Collision hoax

- Pee Tape hoax

- Drink cleaner hoax

- Bloodbath hoax

And the list continues. The media OVER AND OVER asked him to condemn white supremacist and he did it over 33 times. And each time they claimed he didn't.

YOUR media "Fact Checkers" lie. Often. It took them actual YEARS sometimes to admit it but would have other hosts on the same network peddle the lie all over again.

Also also imports very much depends on state. Like Texas. We have a shit ton of piny woods we use for our supply of wood.

No, what I find personally insufferable, is that there are people like you and others who I debate with who literally believe a lot of the narrative that left this have been pushing for years. The media tells you something and you immediately run with it. And what drives me even more nuts, is that there are people like you who are willing to play borderline good faith and say, "oh I know Trump isn't a fascist but that doesn't mean he's not an evil person".

He is just a person that the current and deep state has taken issue with because people can no longer line their pockets and literally lay out the foundation for a global war. Because those of the uni party want war because it makes them rich and it wears down other countries and militaries. And frankly speaking with any level of critical thinking if you look at the davos types and the WEF types there are a lot of people with the 2030 agenda on mind. Which if I remember correctly is a one world government a one-world military and unseeding certain powers that be to get there. Because a bunch of rich people and influential people believe that they are significantly more intelligent than everyone else and that everyone else are peasants, too stupid to know better.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Charis Hoard at MMFA:

Former president and current GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump recently called for CBS’ and ABC’s broadcast licenses to be revoked, a continuation of the kind of adversarial rhetoric he has used against the press since his presidency. Project 2025, the right-wing policy blueprint for the next Republican administration, has also argued for the defunding of public radio and broadcast networks.

Throughout his reelection campaign, Trump has called for broadcast TV licenses to be revoked, promised investigation into media outlets, and painted the media as “so bad for our country”

Trump called for CBS’ broadcast license to be revoked while accusing the network of editing interview footage to the benefit of Vice President Kamala Harris. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Trump called for the network’s broadcast license to be revoked and claimed that it is trying to “hide [the] fact” that Harris “is a Moron.” In a later post, Trump claimed that CBS’ 60 Minutes “unscrupulously replaced an answer” that Harris had given during an interview with the program with “another answer that had nothing to do with the question asked,” baselessly calling the action “illegal.” [The Hill, 10/10/24; Twitter/X, 10/10/24, 10/14/24; Snopes, 10/11/24]

In September, Trump called for ABC’s broadcast license to be revoked. The morning after his presidential debate with Harris, Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt asked Trump why the ABC moderators didn’t “correct” Harris during the debate. Trump responded, “They’re dishonest, and because I think ABC took a big hit last night. I mean, to be honest, they're a news organization. They have to be licensed to do it. They ought to take away their license for the way they did that.” [Twitter/X, 9/11/24]

Trump also attacked debate moderators, ABC’s David Muir and Linsey Davis, for fact-checking his lies and described them as “low lives.” During a speech in Arizona, Trump claimed, “The public was not fooled. They saw right through it, Kamala’s lies and unprecedented partisan interference of two low-life anchors. They’re low lives.” [The Hill, 9/12/24]

Trump threatened The New York Times, saying, “Wait until you see what I'm going to do with them.” In an interview, The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro asked Trump, “How do you fight a legacy media that is once again rigging the informational environment of the election?” Trump replied, “The New York Times is one of the most dishonest of all. I watched this, New York Times, and it's a classic. Wait until you see what I'm going to do with them, you're going to have so much fun.” [The Daily Wire, The Ben Shapiro Show, 10/8/24]

While discussing his live streamed X interview in August, Trump attacked the media, writing, “I absolutely HATE the Fake News Media. So bad for our Country!” Trump: “All the Fake News wants to report is that the servers crashed (because of the tremendous volume!), and the show opened a little late. What they should be reporting was the incredible number of people that were listening. I absolutely HATE the Fake News Media. So bad for our Country!” [Truth Social, 8/13/24; The New York Times, 8/13/24]

During an appearance at the 2024 National Association of Black Journalists Convention, Trump attacked moderator and ABC correspondent Rachel Scott for citing his track record on race. Trump: “I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner. A first question. You don’t even say, ‘Hello, how are you?’ Are you with ABC? Because I think they’re a fake news network, a terrible network. And I think it’s disgraceful that I came here in good spirit — I love the Black population of this country, I’ve done so much for the Black population of this country.” [The Hill, 7/31/24]

In October 2023, Trump questioned whether CBS News should be able to access public airwaves after its interview with President Joe Biden. In a post on Truth Social after CBS’ interview with Biden, Trump stated: “The show ‘60 Minutes’ should be ashamed of themselves. They just interviewed Crooked Joe Biden, and led him along like a lost child. … Why should CBS get free public airwaves for this highly partisan ‘show’[?]” [MSNBC, 10/17/23]

In late 2023, Trump accused media outlets such as NBC and MSNBC of “Country Threatening Treason” and asserted that he would investigate them if reelected in November. Trump: “They are almost all dishonest and corrupt, but Comcast, with its one-side and vicious coverage by NBC NEWS, and in particular MSNBC, often and correctly referred to as MSDNC (Democrat National Committee!), should be investigated for its ‘Country Threatening Treason.’” [Forbes, 9/24/23]

The right-wing authoritarian war on supposed “fake news” are part of both Donald Trump and Project 2025’s plans to attack and delegitimatize all non-MAGA-friendly sources.

The MAGA-friendly sources are the biggest fake news purveyors in America, not the “MSM.”

[mcbitchtits]

This is AI and 100% not what BHG was talking about in August, 1979

Rick James' House

Better Homes & Gardens (August 1979)

[cbk1000]

Hi!

How do you fact-check posts and information in general? Are there any sources you trust more than others to give less biased (and truthful) news, in their full context?

Fact checking sites like Snopes are helpful, and they link to their sources so you can evaluate them for yourself. You can submit articles, posts, images, etc. to them for fact checking, but often a post or image with a lot of traction online is already covered there. They'll note whether a claim is true, false, or unverified, and explain how they came to that conclusion.

Above all you have to be really skeptical in general of information you see online, especially if it confirms your worldview. We're all susceptible to believing information that validates our opinions and will accept it more readily even from a sketchy source. It's always a good idea to question something you see, even if it feels like it could be true. Consider what possible biases the source could have, what motivation do they have for posting x y z information; what kind of language is used; does the negative portrayal of a group or person you don't like in a post or article tick every box of the stereotype of that person or group, etc. I.e., a hate crime being committed by someone who later turns out to be a Trump voter is believable, a hate crime being committed by someone chanting 'MAGA' while committing the hate crime dressed head to to in MAGA gear sounds more like someone pushing an agenda. (Not that it couldn't still be true; it just warrants more skepticism. The same for the other side saying, 'I was attacked by a blue-haired liberal who assaulted me out of nowhere for minding my own business as a Conservative Christian who isn't gay!!!')

[frostyreturns]

All the "debunkings" of my canadian healthcare genocide post were so retarded but even if they were true just look at the defenses these people will mount to defend the doctor killings. Just a reminder that no matter how indefensible something is the usual suspects for mind numbingly retarded takes will get arm lengthening surgery to reach harder than you thought a thinking person could reach.

It's not the federal government doing it directly, it's handled through the provincial governments.

It's not 50 000 people who were killed it was only 14 000 (not true 14 000 were killed in 2022 alone)

You just are looking for an excuse to criticize trudeau and the liberal party

Yeah but they are not killing minors just 18 and up

Yes they plan to expand the killings to include mental health issues but they put that on hold for now.

the sad part is there's a lot of people in my notes who looked at those arguments and went oh thank goodness its debunked and tagged my post as misinformation on the basis of these arguments that were either correcting things i never said or were just flat out wrong. I now see how snopes can get away with marking stuff false even when their own articles reinforced that it was true.