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BodhiRomeo t1_iw7jalu wrote

What about when snopes is wrong? Snopes uses opinion sources as a reason to mark a story false quite often.

This post is marked partially as false, missing context, And misinformation.

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OcculusSniffed t1_iw8163y wrote

You follow the sources that snopes uses and read up a little. Snopes, like wikipedia, is nothing without their sources. It's not a source of truth, it's a summary.

Also, if you read the article, you'll see that they aren't studying posts where snopes is wrong, they are studying verifiably incorrect stories.

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BodhiRomeo t1_iw8aw65 wrote

How is that different than what I said? Often their sources are biased opinion based and not actual impartial facts. They cherry pick to get the results they want. I have seen many snopes articles that were completely based in opinion but offered as fact.

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holyoak t1_iwa7v8e wrote

Just gonna copy and paste this reply, cuz this exact question keeps being asked.

There is a distinction between 'all of Snopes' and 'things Snopes definitely got correct'.

The authors are very clear about making this distinction.

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