• TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    A supposedly objective “fact check” in reality was “subject to individual reviewer opinion,”

    :shocked-pikachu:

    It seems sometimes automation and artificial intelligence get it wrong.

    Love 2 be given Pinocchios by an algorithm. :pinocchio-evil:

    On 20 December Lead Stories [the fact checking company] also sent a series of inflammatory tweets after publishing its response to The BMJ’s open letter. It said,

    “Hey @bmj_latest, when your articles are literally being republished by a website run by someone in the ‘Disinformation Dozen’ perhaps you should be reviewing your editorial policies instead of writing open letters.”

    Omg what snarky, arrogant assholes. Telling scientists how to do their job.