Comment on Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker not?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoThe problem is many people aren’t tuned into political ideology. The second they see left or right they sort it by their internal bias. So it’s whitewashing a lot of conservative European sources. It’s also rating American far right positions as center right, so absolutely whitewashing them, even for someone who understands MBFC is an American site with American prejudices.
Honestly I’m surprised they’ve lasted 8 years without this getting called out, it fairly should fairly well jump out at anyone who has studied politics.
otp@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I’d be happy if someone wanted to make a better site that had better answers and a more international scale. We don’t have it, though
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Bad information is worse than no information. It is actively harmful.
otp@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I don’t think it’s bad information. It’s information that needs to be taken in with an understanding of its source…like most information.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s not how that works. People stop at the labels. If you want to change that then go after the public education system. That’s just like telling people to watch Fox News with an understanding of its bias. It doesn’t work. And as pointed out elsewhere, MBFC isn’t operating objectively. It whitewashes extreme conservative publications while listing organizations like AP News as biased. It doesn’t label American and international sources differently and it doesn’t tell you it’s labeling everything with their own concept of the American political environment.
For a supposedly objective organization it sure isn’t interested in self reflection.