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Ban the MBFC bot (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 months ago by Krono@lemmy.today to c/support@lemmy.world

This bot is spreading misinformation.

This bot is spreading rightwing propaganda.

This bot is spamming every post.

This bot is consistently downvoted.

This bot degrades the user experience.

Please ban it.

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[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago

That doesn't address the issue of mbfc adding it's own bias in, which is what most have an issue with.

It just focuses on their factual response and even ends with

there is an issue with domain level checks like this as not every piece is held to same internal standards

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

it explicitly addresses the baseless accusations of internal bias impacting ratings.

that's the very point of these independent studies.

if mbfc checkers or other fact-checkers allowed their biases into their ratings, those findings would differ from other news fact-checking sources that managed to rate news sources more objectively.

since their findings range from very similar to nearly identical to other credible news fact-checking sources and importantly there is still zero evidence of their "own bias" affecting their ratings, there's no base for the accusations.

just rilers rilin'.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

They ignored the part of

MBFC Credibility Rating:

Which is where the founder loves to play around with ratings based on their own biases.

The study you linked too goes off of the factual rating which the founder usually doesn't touch.

It's amazing how many they will say factual no failed fact checks then immediately doc rating because of their bias. Especially if publication doesn't like Israel

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2024
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