I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion – let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it’s the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways…so really no difference).

What’s the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there’s people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don’t see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck…

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    3 months ago

    Both relay the same basic facts

    NO, THEY DO NOT.

    rex has a mange is factual statement, that can be investigated and either confirmed or rejected.

    same goes for rex’s leash was inadequate and tom’s hold of the dog was weak.

    there is a lot more facts in your second example, compared to first one.

    it’s likely that by MBFC’s standards, both would be rated the same for that reason alone

    no, they would not and it is pretty easy to find out - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/methodology/

    your powers of “paying attention, weighing, analyzing, reviewing and questioning” are not as strong as you think.

    be careful not to hurt yourself when you are falling down from this mountain.

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      3 months ago

      So are you saying that you wouldn’t be able to recognize my second example as a biased statement without the MBFC bot’s guidance?

      Or did you just entirely miss the point?

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        3 months ago

        i am saying you are lying about the same facts in your two examples and i am saying you are lying about how these two statements would be rated by mbfc, because you either didn’t exercise your imaginary analytical skills, or you are intentionally obfuscating.

        you can read that. it is just above your last comment.

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          3 months ago

          All I see here is someone whose ego relies on a steady diet of derision hurled in the general direction of strangers on the internet.