• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Gee, I wonder why the hobby of a conservative Zionist masquerading as a fact and bias checker would be opposed to a source from Iran… 🙄

        • TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
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          7 minutes ago

          MBFC presents itself as “fact check” but it is really just subjective determinations slotted into an inappropriate analysis as judged by a political illiterate. The overall curve of “centrist” sources being high on facts simply reveals their own bias, where they fail to recognize the non-factual components of those sources, the train of think tanks, and whether topics are covered at all, or in certain contexts.

          Ironically, the only time I ever see anyone trying to unironically make use of it and cite it is so that they can avoid critically engaging with media. They just say, “this website says it’s bad” and turn their brains off, successfully short-circuiting cognitive dissonance.

        • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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          2 hours ago

          I can’t recall if it is the MBFC person or the bot maker but one of them staunchy doesn’t think there’s a distinction between ‘liberal’ and ‘left’.

          So the inherent bias in their bias analysis is off the charts. Xzibit would be proud.

        • goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org
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          4 hours ago

          It’s not a good source. Biased towards whatever the guy who created it things. Thinks left v right in terms of usa so just about everything is left of center even when center. Oh an propaganda is okay as long as it’s western. Cause VOA and radio free Asia are given glowing marks

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          4 hours ago

          He is literally just some guy with no expertise in critical media analysis. He just made a website where he gives his opinions on how much you should trust a source.

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      24 minutes ago

      Hey, just as a heads up we discourage the posting of " media bias checkers" here because it is intellectually sloppy to outsource whether you should trust a source to some guy who has their own bias. And MBFC is just some guy, who has no credentials and doesn’t do any sort of scientific analysis to determine his ratings.

      Please reply acknowledging you understand this within 48 hours.