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Snopes ‘Fact Checks’ Turning Point USA Socialism Meme

The “fact-checkers” at Snopes recently rated a popular Turning Point USA meme “mostly false” in what appeared to be a misunderstanding of the concept of stock photography. The meme, entitled, “Your City on Socialism,” displays three images depicting the damage done to a society as a result of socialism, while one image depicts politicians as the real winners in a socialist economy.

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Google Launches ‘Fact Check’ Label for Search Results

In an effort to combat “fake news,” Google has launched a new feature on their search engine titled “Fact Check” which adds a label to certain links indicating whether they have been confirmed by partisan fact-checkers Snopes and Politifact.

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6 Reasons Why ABC News Is Unqualified to Label ‘Fake News’

Facebook announced last week that the social media company would be teaming up with sources such as ABC News, Politifact, and Snopes to identify and eradicate “fake news” across Facebook. But each of the sources vetting the so called “fake news” have a track record of partisan politics, regularly pushing a left-leaning bias to their viewers.

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