Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy does the "Media Bias Fact Checker" - Bot gets downvoted so much lately?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1313file-text
arrow-up1313external-linkWhy does the "Media Bias Fact Checker" - Bot gets downvoted so much lately?lemmy.worldRoflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square162fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremashbooq@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up48·11 months agoBecause it reports sources known to be unreliable (like Jerusalem Post and EuroNews) as Highly Trustworthy
minus-squareNotNotMike@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months agoIt definitely doesn’t or shouldn’t. MBFC rates it as “mostly” trustworthy on their site. Definitely not highly And do you have examples of either the source being untrustworthy or another service rating it more towards your perspective of the source?
minus-squareNotNotMike@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoSo then you’re referring to “Credibility” on MBFC rather than “Factuality” which is what I was referring to. I personally don’t put much stock in that category. The “Credibility” is based on several factors including the age and popularity of the publication, the bias, and the factuality. By MBFC system, it has a credibility score of, by my estimate, 6 points which is the minimum threshold for the high credibility rating. Their scoring and our interpretation aside, I would still love to see sources and reasons on why you think the Jerusalem Post should be rated lower
Because it reports sources known to be unreliable (like Jerusalem Post and EuroNews) as Highly Trustworthy
It definitely doesn’t or shouldn’t. MBFC rates it as “mostly” trustworthy on their site. Definitely not highly
And do you have examples of either the source being untrustworthy or another service rating it more towards your perspective of the source?
From your link:
So then you’re referring to “Credibility” on MBFC rather than “Factuality” which is what I was referring to.
I personally don’t put much stock in that category. The “Credibility” is based on several factors including the age and popularity of the publication, the bias, and the factuality.
By MBFC system, it has a credibility score of, by my estimate, 6 points which is the minimum threshold for the high credibility rating.
Their scoring and our interpretation aside, I would still love to see sources and reasons on why you think the Jerusalem Post should be rated lower