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NewsGuard’s rating system can be so misleading as to invert the truth. So why do academics blindly cite it? (propagandainfocus.com)

posted 1 year ago by NatalieBiden 1 year ago by NatalieBiden +35 / -1

Who Guards NewsGuard? Academics asleep on the job - Propaganda In Focus

Recently, I was reading ‘an important paper’ recommended by a philosopher who specialises in epistemology (the study of how we know what we think we know). The paper (Chen et al 2023) investigates the question: ‘Do online platforms facilitate the consumpti...

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– MargarineMongoose 10 points 1 year ago +10 / -0

Is it because it aligns with the left wing bias of academia?

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