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by MrZongle2 3364 days ago
"If you find something incorrect, you should tell them or make an attempt to do so."

This seems like the common-sense approach, but who knows how long a proper "review" would take place and how much damage would be done (e.g. thousands or millions being improperly informed by a supposedly reliable service) in the meantime.

I am also highly skeptical of this effort, which essentially amounts to Google and a few parties trying to automate critical thinking skills.

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Yeah.. it doesn't work that way at all. The lie is usually bombastic and bite-sized, the debunking subdued and thorough.

Result: Most people won't even see the debunking.

Churchill had a great quote here:

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."