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Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker bot?
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this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024
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Again. You cannot have it both ways it's either an international platform or locked down to Americans only. And even then it's a subjective standard being used, not an objective one. A standard that whitewashes radical conservative rags.
It was legal and prevalent until the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Since then there have been a couple wartime exceptions that were done at a 1 to 1 ratio. Company scrip that was outlawed was never at a one to one ratio.
And just because they never use the words "destroy the government" does not mean they won't do it. The actions they want to take will destroy the government. It's like when they advocate for the "fair tax". They know what the results are, they're just hoping you don't. (Lookup Brownback Experiment) And libertarians advocate for the complete elimination of the income tax. Not just the deep cuts that Brownback did.
These aren't exaggerated. These are things corporations did in history. And while a factory was never taken over by force, the railroads used force to murder people and clear land for the railroads. We know what happens if you don't have laws, regulations, and enforcement mechanisms. I'm sorry someone failed to teach you history in school but don't come in here calling actual history an exaggeration.
No, it's actually not that arbitrarily black and white based on nothing more than terminology. As an example, we have MBFC that rates international sources by an American scale. This exists, so clearly it is possible. I also don't see how it whitewashes conservative rags when it rates them on both accuracy, where many of them do poorly, and categorizes them on the right, where they belong.
Yes, they do advocate for drastically reducing the federal government down to basic law enforcement and military. I agree that this is a bad idea. That they want to "destroy the government" if given the chance is a slippery slope argument though. Regardless, the question is how radical it is on the American left/right axis, and these days, it is not particularly. 40 years ago perhaps it was further right.
No, you're very much exaggerating, consistently and across the board. Company scrip was not widespread, it was a feature of mining and logging towns, in an era where our country still ran on resource extraction. Reducing government and destroying government are factually two different things. Companies running around with PMCs is extremely unlikely any time this century. Much like these exaggerations, you ask things like if I'm paid by MBFC, as if they would pay someone to make comments on some tiny, obscure social media platform. You're a troll, quite clearly. I would not be surprised in the slightest if you come here with your discord buddies just pretending to be a leftist, just to stir up shit and have a good time.
Oh no I was wondering if you were the one responsible for their shit model. You're certainly very invested in minimizing the impact of irresponsibly labeling media. And irresponsible is the best interpretation.
At any rate we're done here until you take a US history course. They're free online.
Nope, afraid not, I am a completely volunteer opponent of online bullshit. Even the farthest left side, factuality is just too important.
Some quibbling about something being slightly off on the left/right scale is far less important than actual fact checking.
Toodles.