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Misinformation tool measures exposure to false claims by political elites
phys.org ^ | 11/29/2022

Posted on 11/29/2022 6:29:19 AM PST by devane617

Researchers have developed a new tool to measure Twitter users' exposure to misinformation from political elites.

A study recently published in Nature Communications used the Politifacts fact-checking database to calculate a "falsity score" for 816 public figures and organizations based on the likely truthfulness and accuracy of their statements on social media.

They then assigned Twitter users an "elite misinformation exposure" score, based on the falsity scores of the political elites they follow on Twitter.

Instead of focusing on the sharing of fake news, which came to prominence during the 2016 U.S. election cycle, the study centers on a more recent phenomenon—misinformation provided by political elites, such as those who falsely claimed the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election was subject to widespread voter fraud.

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1 posted on 11/29/2022 6:29:19 AM PST by devane617
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“Researchers”

Got it. 👌


2 posted on 11/29/2022 6:33:12 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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Brought to you by a grant from Pfizer.


3 posted on 11/29/2022 6:34:09 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Machine-gun jumblies. How'd I miss that? - Austin Powers 2)
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To: devane617

Every shared article on so many, now disproven, situations the Media pushed were all disinformation, while the opposing side had the only truth.


4 posted on 11/29/2022 6:34:53 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

“Brought to you by a grant from Pfizer.”

...and the George Soros foundation for truth.


5 posted on 11/29/2022 6:35:22 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Fact check: "...based on the falsity scores..." False.

Correction: "...based on the alleged falsity scores..."

6 posted on 11/29/2022 6:35:52 AM PST by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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One man’s lie is another man’s truth. Who makes the call of who is the arbiter? All the “mis/dis/mal-information” about CONvid 19 and the SCAMdemic sure seems to have proven correct. Sure feel blessed to having never bought in to it. 🔬🤔😵🚫😷💉🐎💩


7 posted on 11/29/2022 6:36:01 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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:: foundation for truth ::

George Orwell “shrugged”?


8 posted on 11/29/2022 6:36:40 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Machine-gun jumblies. How'd I miss that? - Austin Powers 2)
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To: rktman

Before Hegel, was there ever a tolerant middle-ground?


9 posted on 11/29/2022 6:38:00 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Machine-gun jumblies. How'd I miss that? - Austin Powers 2)
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Wow!

They have it exactly 180 degrees backward.

So, the tool can be used to see how much penetration the uncontrolled media has.

10 posted on 11/29/2022 6:41:48 AM PST by marktwain
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Lemme guess... the fsct checkers who wrote the program are rabid liberals?


11 posted on 11/29/2022 6:42:15 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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Saw the word “Politifacts” and stopped reading. Glad it came up a few sentences in.


12 posted on 11/29/2022 6:44:15 AM PST by Migraine
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"This observation connects to research suggesting that political leaders' rhetoric can drive the beliefs and policy positions of their followers rather than the leaders responding to the attitudes held by their constituents," said Dr. Mosleh.

This has only been known for 4000 years, with significant affirmation for the last 100 years.

13 posted on 11/29/2022 6:44:31 AM PST by marktwain
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Tools have developed a new biased filter bot to measure Twitter users’ exposure to misinformation from political elites.


14 posted on 11/29/2022 6:51:12 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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“...falsely claimed..”.......Really? ( with eye roll)


15 posted on 11/29/2022 6:53:12 AM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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Researchers

"Researchers", an easy to remember, new term for Prog Socialist Democrat Dictators/GloboHomoNazis/WEF Depopulation Genocide By Biological and Thermonuclear Weapons.

16 posted on 11/29/2022 6:53:32 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Show me the code.


17 posted on 11/29/2022 6:54:02 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: devane617

Politifacts = GIGO


18 posted on 11/29/2022 6:57:35 AM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: devane617

How about lies and misinformation from the globalist cabal?


19 posted on 11/29/2022 6:58:07 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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PolitiFact in, PolitiFact out.


20 posted on 11/29/2022 6:59:17 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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