[walterbell]

> Whats the point? You'll just debunk it with a bs "fact check"

There's a PhD waiting for someone who can do an "influence analysis" of points and counter-points diffusing through articles, social media debates, fact-checkers, counter-articles, etc. Including methodologies to differentiate bots, paid PR firms, machine learning analysis/targeting, and organic participants being influenced by all of the above.

Those who have been involved in a few of these debates can almost predict the graph of responses, as you did with the fact-check lookahead parser :)

[kyleee]

Indeed, and the prize(s) likely much more than a PhD

[walterbell]

As a starting point, there's a social network analysis (100+ page PDF) of the "Covid Network Complex". One could work outwards from some of those nodes, to track lobbying and media influence. https://www.disclose.tv/the-covid-network-an-analysis/