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Snopes Rolls Out New Opinion Check Feature
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." As soon as the feature went live, Snopes had opinion-checked dozens of opinions, including the following: All of these earned a "Wrong" opinion rating. Any post expressing these opinions on social media will automatically be tagged with a "Wrong" rating from Snopes. Related: Red State - Snopes Just Fact Checked Babylon Bee Again And This Time It Crossed The Line Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-26 |
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