Illogically Facts —’Fact-Checking’ by Innuendo
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August 29, 2024
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen
The latest fad in all kinds of activism to attack one’s ideological opponents via “fact checking”. We see this in politics and all the modern controversies, including, of course, Climate Science.
Almost none of the “fact checking sites” and “fact checking organizations” actually check facts. And, if they accidentally find themselves checking what we would all agree is a fact, and not just an opinion or point of view, invariably it is checked against an contrary opinion, a different point of view or an alternative fact.
The resulting fact check report depends on the purposes of the fact check. Some are done to confirm that “our guy” or “our team” is proved to be correct, or that the opposition is proved to be wrong, lying or misinformation. When a fact is found to be different in any way from the desired fact, even the tiniest way, the original being checked is labelled a falsehood, or worse, an intentional lie. (or conversely, other people are lying about our fact!). Nobody likes a liar, so this sort of fake fact checking accomplishes two goals – it casts doubt on the not-favored fact supposedly being checked and smears an ideological opponent as a liar. One stone – two birds.
https://climaterealism.com/2024/08/illogically-facts-fact-checking-by-innuendo/
