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Why does the "Media Bias Fact Checker" - Bot gets downvoted so much lately? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You can check the categories on the MBFC website yourself but a couple choice picks in the "right center" category are the Ayn Rand Institute, advocates for self governance, and American Action Network.

The first two are libertarian and pro Anarcho Capitalism. The second one attempts to masquerade as a non political education tool about politics. And third is a partisan group that runs campaign ads for the GOP.

Meanwhile in left center we have NYT, WAPO, and BBC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you consider the GOP to be “far right”?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I see how that happened. If you check down thread though you'll see I would rate a campaign organization for the GOP as right, not far right.

[+] [email protected] -31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can check the categories on the MBFC website yourself but a couple choice picks in the “right center” category are the Ayn Rand Institute, advocates for self governance, and American Action Network.

The first two are libertarian and pro Anarcho Capitalism. The second one attempts to masquerade as a non political education tool about politics. And third is a partisan group that runs campaign ads for the GOP.

Meanwhile in left center we have NYT, WAPO, and BBC.

Looking through all the sources you mentioned, especially the center-right sources, the ratings tend to be accurate. Did you expect the center right sources to be rated as far right and the center left sources to be rated as right wing?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I expect the fact based objective sources to be rated as center/not biased. And sources calling for a complete destruction of liberal democracy to be far right, yes. The campaign site should be listed under Right as it's transparently a partisan organization.

The comparison with leftists here would be if they listed Anarcho-Communists as "left center". But then your response tells me everything I need to know. You've gone right into exaggerated rhetoric meant to paint me as someone from the far left.