As part of a new initiative cracking down on fake news announced on Thursday, Facebook will be partnering up with third party “fact-check” organizations that will alert users if a story they are about to read or share is “disputed.” One of the organizations Facebook is partnering up with is Snopes, which The Daily Caller has exposed more than once butchering the truth or seemingly outright lying in service of a liberal narrative. “We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters of truth ourselves, so we’re approaching this problem carefully. We’ve focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their own gain, and on engaging both our community and third party organizations,” Facebook vice president Adam Mosseri said in a press release Thursday. [dcquiz] NiemanLab notes that Facebook will be relying on four fact-check organizations: ABC News, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact and Snopes. (RELATED: Fact-Checking … [Read more...] about Facebook Using Unreliable Liberal Fact-Checker To Fight ‘Fake News’
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The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Lawmakers face Capitol threat as senators line up votes for relief bill
Presented by Facebook Welcome to The Hill’s Morning Report. Today is Thursday! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and Al Weaver are the co-creators. Readers can find us on Twitter @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday, 513,091; Tuesday, 514,657; Wednesday, 516,608; Thursday, 518,453. Senate Democrats on Wednesday took a scalpel to President Biden Joe Biden The West needs a more collaborative approach to Taiwan Abbott's medical advisers were not all consulted before he lifted Texas mask mandate House approves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act MORE ’s $1.9 trillion relief bill hoping to surgically ensure enough support from centrists this week to clear the measure, … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Lawmakers face Capitol threat as senators line up votes for relief bill
The Republican Trump Meltdown and the Fight Over the Democratic Party’s Future
Donald Trump in West Virginia. Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images About a decade ago, it became clear to some of us that the Republican and Democratic parties were not at all alike. The two were different, not just in their beliefs but in their methods and political style. The Republican Party was ethnically, economically, and ideologically homogenous. Democrats claimed support from racial minorities along with whites, and unions, consumer advocates, and environmentalists along with business, and moderates as well as liberals, yielding a careful balance of ideas and interests. As a virtually all-white party, whose economic support came exclusively from business and which identified conservatism as its sole legitimate ideological tradition, the Republican Party operated in a very different style. Trump’s capture of the Republican nomination is the most emphatic, but only the most recent, indication that the Republican Party’s internal culture is a total failure. Not long ago, … [Read more...] about The Republican Trump Meltdown and the Fight Over the Democratic Party’s Future
L.A. Archbishop: Unborn Babies Truly ‘the Most Vulnerable’ in Our Society
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez has called on all people of good will to step forward to protect the unborn, the most defenseless among us. If we do not protect “the right to life for our weakest and most vulnerable brothers and sisters, we can never fully guarantee any other human rights,” Archbishop Gomez said in an interview with Exaudi Catholic News published Thursday. “Thus, the right to life is the foundation of every right.” While abortion is not easy to talk about, the archbishop said, “we cannot stay silent when so many unborn lives are being cast aside through abortion.” In his interview, Gomez reiterated Catholic teaching that all human beings are equally precious and sacred, including those not yet born. “We need to speak for every person in our society who cannot defend themselves,” he said. “And prenatal human life is truly the most innocent and the most vulnerable in our society.” “We also need to keep working to build a society that sees new human life … [Read more...] about L.A. Archbishop: Unborn Babies Truly ‘the Most Vulnerable’ in Our Society
Colorado Supreme Court asks other branches of government to pick investigators
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the other branches of state government to choose independent investigators to dig into allegations a $2.5 million contract was the result of a threatened tell-all lawsuit. Chief Justice Brian Boatright called on the Legislature and Gov. Jared Polis to decide who will examine allegations of undisciplined sexual harassment within the judiciary laid out in a two-page memo made public last week. RELATED: Colorado Supreme Court releases memo citing examples of sex-discrimination, judicial misconduct that led to alleged contract for silence “We’re disappointed and absolutely heartbroken by this situation, and nobody wants these investigations to go forward more than I do,” Boatright said in a release. Boatright said a panel of representatives from the governor’s office, the attorney general’s office and the general assembly will be identified Thursday when he gives the State of the Judiciary speech. He said he will also comment … [Read more...] about Colorado Supreme Court asks other branches of government to pick investigators
