Fact checking

You’ve gotta love the fact checking industry that’s grown up alongside the internet. Seems that you can ask just about anybody whether or not something is true or false and if they’re on your side they’ll support whatever you say.

The Google main news page has a fact checking section which is just a joke. There’s absolutely no credibility to the verification sources they use and it’s often more slanted than the original stories that send them scampering. You can guarantee that if it’s ANYTHING about Trump it will be fabricated or exaggerated. They offer up judgements that say “partly true” or “exaggerated” or “needs further context ” but I’ve reached the stage where I don’t believe any of the so-called “fact checkers”

This is what you get when you have no editorial standards or checks and balances in the media. It used to be that the reporters were given the third degree before anything qualified for the front pages but now you can say just about anything and there’ll be some phony organization to back you up.