Posted on 12/16/2016 9:16:44 AM PST by Enlightened1
The organization partnered with Facebook to help determine whether a certain story is “disputed” is financed by billionaire George Soros and a slew of other left-wing funders. The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) drafted a code of five principles for news websites to accept, and Facebook yesterday announced it will work with “third-party fact checking organizations” that are signatories to the code of principles.
Facebook says that if the “fact checking organizations” determine that a certain story is fake, it will get flagged as disputed and, according to the Facebook announcement, “there will be a link to the corresponding article explaining why. Stories that have been disputed may also appear lower in News Feed.”
IFCN is hosted by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. A cursory search of the Poynter Institute website finds that Poynter’s IFCN is openly funded by Soros’ Open Society Foundations as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google, and the National Endowment for Democracy.
Poynter’s IFCN is also funded by the Omidyar Network, which is the nonprofit for liberal billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The Omidyar Network has partnered with the Open Society on numerous projects and it has given grants to third parties using the Soros-funded Tides Foundation. Tides is one of the largest donors to left-wing causes in the U.S.
Another significant Poynter Institute donor is the Craig Newmark Foundation, the charitable organization established by Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark. On Monday, just days before the announcement of the Facebook partnership, Poynter issued a press release revealing that Newmark donated $1 million to the group to fund a faculty chair in journalism ethics.
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un-huh . and I am sure that the representives / operatives of Emperor Soros will be fair and objective ... BARF
Maybe DJT could get the Russians to hack Farcebook.
“Hillary’s campaign may have made mis-steps”
Obviously not true.
“Islamic terrorism has spread over the last 8 years”
Obviously not true.
“Donald Trump is building a team of knowledgable experts”
Obviously not true.
“President Obama is the greatest leader the world has ever known”
Yeah, everyone knows that.
But, but, but...
...Mark Zuckerberg told Brent Bozell...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3505356/posts
As someone observed: “What a bunch of Soros losers!”
A real life Ministry of Truth.
Orwell was a prophet.
Maybe we should rename Facebook “Fakebook.”
“third-party fact checking organizations” that are signatories to the code of principles.
the fact checking organizations then wiped their ass with the document.
Makes it easy, whatever these people endorse is the opposite of the truth.
Let's see if they catch it...
There are also plenty of Democrats who flag anything conservative as hate speech for free, in addition to those paid to censor others.
More like “this is disputed by third parties” flag for each item except the last.
But yeah. Same intent.
I use my own fake news flags, the entire MSM. I watch now for entertainment value only.
Who fact checks the fact checkers?
Experts
Is it too late to spread the false info, Sorass is a RUSSIAN!
As in: 'ex' (has been) and 'spurt' (a drip under pressure)?
http://www.politifactbias.com
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