The original intent was to flag controversial conservative views. So obviously when conservatives see that "fake news " icon, they flock to Those articles, as easy identifiers for the type of news they prefer.
This, tbh. The measure was almost exclusively partisan in nature and plays into a larger trend of traditionally left-leaning (or straight-up liberal) media outlets trying to delegitimize emerging, conservative media. Pretty much everybody understands that -- liberal or conservative -- so the conservatives weren't terribly likely to take the flag seriously. The general issue is that this model causes actual falsehoods to be ignored by over-policing on the conservative side while controversial claims on the other side aren't even checked.
More so, the idea that people would trust Facebook parroting the "fact-checkers" they already distrust was laughable.
Zeus posted...
Andromicus posted...
It's not Facebook's fault that an overwhelming amount of conservative leaning news sources are incredibly biased
He says without the slightest touch of irony or self-awareness.
oh the irony
I like that you jumped on your other alt to defend your first alt. Classy. ---