Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@JamesSurowiecki @ijbailey @CathyYoung63 @NGrossman81 You fail to consider many other possibilities. Like: technical falsehoods are not the main problem causing people to be anti-vaxxers. A broadcast can be hugely misleading or steer people in the absolute wrong direction without having any factual mistakes. So even a perfect — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 6, 2022

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@JamesSurowiecki @ijbailey @CathyYoung63 @NGrossman81 To me, the problem is the same with live tv, radio, and JRE: editing would make the shows less timely and spontaneous and conversational. For all I care, insist they all be fact-checked, just don't tell everyone who takes a different view that they don't care about falsehoods. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 6, 2022

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@JamesSurowiecki @ijbailey @CathyYoung63 @NGrossman81 fact check wouldn't solve most of the problem that is motivating your concern. And I find it very hard to believe that the JRE would deliver a perfect fact check given how many journalistic institutions fall well short of that standard. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 6, 2022