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Snopes Self-Immolates Taking A Shot At Musk

Via ZeroHedge

The folks at Snopes, whose whore mongering (and allegedly rapey) co-founder was fired for mass plagiarism, have once again illustrated why the world of ‘fact checkers’ are nothing more than otherwise-unemployable partisan hacks.

On Tuesday, Snopes took a shot at Elon Musk in a hit-piece titled “Was the Missing Titanic Submersible Using Satellites from Elon Musk’s Company?”

The article is of course meant to imply that the OceanGate Titanic exploration submersible, which lost contact with its surface support vessel on Sunday, went missing due to a Starlink failure.

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Concerning Survey Finds Too Many People Believe Snopes Is A Legitimate Fact-Checking Website

Via The Babylon Bee

U.S.—A troubling new survey released by The Babylon Bee confirmed Wednesday that too many people think Snopes is a real fact-checking website.

The survey found that over 60% of people believe Snopes is a real website, while only 25% understand that it’s satire. The remaining minority thinks that Snopes is the name of a gangsta rapper from California, “one of those guys who makes the hip-hop about the devil’s lettuce and shooting people.”

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Snopes Issues Pre-Approval Of All Statements Made During Tonight’s Democratic Debate

Via The Babylon Bee

U.S.—With the Democratic primary debates in full swing, many fact-checking websites are preparing to review candidates’ statements for accuracy. Thankfully, Snopes, the most unbiased fact-checking website ever, has found a way to expedite their evaluation process.

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Snopes Rolls Out New Opinion Check Feature

Via The Babylon Bee

U.S.—Snopes has rolled out a helpful new feature: an opinion checker.

Alongside the site’s helpful fact checks of satirical articles and debunking of urban legends, there will now be a section of the site dedicated to checking out opinions and letting you know which ones are acceptable to hold.

“Just checking facts wasn’t enough anymore—now, people are looking to Snopes to be the moral arbiter of which opinions are OK and which ones are not,” said a spokesperson for the website. “This has been a long time coming. We’ve pretty much been doing this all along, but disguising it as a ‘fact check.’ So now we can just be much more upfront with people about what our intentions are.”

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Snopes, Fact-Checker For Facebook And Google, Botches Nathan Phillips Fact Check

Via The Daily Caller

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  • Snopes refused to correct an inaccurate fact-check calling it “unproven” that American Indian activist Nathan Phillips falsely claimed to be a Vietnam veteran.
  • It’s a proven fact that Phillips falsely claimed to be a Vietnam veteran.
  • Both Facebook and Google give Snopes preferential treatment on their platforms.

Snopes, a left-leaning fact-checking website given preferential treatment by both Facebook and Google, flubbed its fact-check of American Indian activist Nathan Phillips’ false claim of being a Vietnam veteran.

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