I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion – let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it’s the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways…so really no difference).

What’s the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there’s people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don’t see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck…

  • AwesomeLowlander
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    134 months ago

    We should want analysis to be from the perspective of a typical fast food eating, reality tv watching, not-super-engaged American

    Why? Lemmy is a worldwide site.

    • @Carrolade@lemmy.world
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      -54 months ago

      Hm, you do have a good point. For the US news and US politics subs it’s important, but far less important for a global news community.