Best way to fact-check news?
I just read that oil markets are being deliberately manipulated to drive prices higher and make the impact on the population worse. Before I share or act on it, I want to verify if it’s true.
What are your go-to methods or tools for fact-checking economic or political news? Also, which communities on Lemmy (or the wider fediverse) are best for this kind of thing?
Thanks for any tips!
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qkall
in reply to MindfulMaverick • •@MindfulMaverick
a mix of ground.news, snopes (although they seem less reliable after their sale), looking for sources to the claim (white papers), and or seeing if i know anyone with insight (their field).
and even then being cognizant and open for nee details... i'm aware there is probably some bias and or some propaganda to sort through.
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in reply to MindfulMaverick • • •daannii
in reply to MindfulMaverick • • •I get news from multiple countries. That helps.
*Edit"
I'm editing this comment because I provided the wrong suggestion.
Correct link below
youtube.com/@dwnews
DW News
YouTubeAatube
in reply to daannii • • •note that this is a video channel that doesn't seem to produce articles. every single piece on the frontpage is clickbait. Let's see if they're also BS.
This is just what every Lemming knows about Israel already + "no apartheid could possibly endure". The video ends on "When and how the system of ethnic supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean comes to an end is impossible to foresee, but end it will."
I see no original research.
This is just "British journalism is bad", illustrated with examples from Daily Mail, Telegraph, BBC. I mean, you're not wrong, but...
No revelations here. The Guardian isn't even mentioned and I think The Guardian is still pretty good.
Domestic UK affairs are undeserving of the label "Global Politics" and absolutely not "US politics
... Show more...note that this is a video channel that doesn't seem to produce articles. every single piece on the frontpage is clickbait. Let's see if they're also BS.
This is just what every Lemming knows about Israel already + "no apartheid could possibly endure". The video ends on "When and how the system of ethnic supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean comes to an end is impossible to foresee, but end it will."
I see no original research.
This is just "British journalism is bad", illustrated with examples from Daily Mail, Telegraph, BBC. I mean, you're not wrong, but...
No revelations here. The Guardian isn't even mentioned and I think The Guardian is still pretty good.
Domestic UK affairs are undeserving of the label "Global Politics" and absolutely not "US politics".
At this point I don't want to analyze more videos. I'll just post the headlines of the other four pieces on the frontpage.
note this neat, website-exclusive disclosure:
unwilling to take accountability, DDN's editorial board does not seem strong.
daannii
in reply to Aatube • • •That's not the sort of content I encountered on YouTube. Now I'm thinking I sent the wrong link.
okay I double checked cause I had a few videos saved
Yeah I think I was mixed up.
The icons are both Ds and I definitely mixed them up with each other.
I just did a quick Google search to get the home page. And looked at the "about" and was like . Yeah that's it. But I'm pretty sure I made a mistake. I didn't mean to recommend ddN. But DW
It's DW news. Not DDN.
youtube.com/@dwnews
Yeah double down is clickbait. Like all of it. Yikes.
DW News
YouTubeAatube
in reply to daannii • • •ah, Deutsche-Welle, Germany's NPR. they are really good, and they publish articles too.
dw.com/
daannii
in reply to Aatube • • •Yeah it's high quality and independent investigations, not just repeating what everyone else says. I really like it and they seem to go in depth a bit more.
I mistakenly thought it was a smaller news organization. It's pretty big.
woodenghost [comrade/them]
in reply to MindfulMaverick • • •Here are some quick thoughts:
Ask, who's making the original claim and who much do they stand to gain and lose from lying about it if it were false and compare that to how much they stand to gain and lose from not covering it, if it were true. There's pressure to lie, but there's also pressure to report on real events. Think about material gain, but also about reputation, hype, clicks and career options. Think short term and long term.
For example, economic news offer lots of opportunity to gain from lies short term, but if an economic journal loses it's reputation, it might lose more long-term, as investors lose trust.
If you want to compare multiple sources, make sure they have different incentive structures, or you won't get truly different perspectives. For example compare news from imperialist and anti-imperialist countries.
To check if a story is plausible, it helps to have an historic materialist understanding of who the actors in the story are, what their history is and which classes material interests they share in.
Ideally, you shou
... Show more...Here are some quick thoughts:
Ask, who's making the original claim and who much do they stand to gain and lose from lying about it if it were false and compare that to how much they stand to gain and lose from not covering it, if it were true. There's pressure to lie, but there's also pressure to report on real events. Think about material gain, but also about reputation, hype, clicks and career options. Think short term and long term.
For example, economic news offer lots of opportunity to gain from lies short term, but if an economic journal loses it's reputation, it might lose more long-term, as investors lose trust.
If you want to compare multiple sources, make sure they have different incentive structures, or you won't get truly different perspectives. For example compare news from imperialist and anti-imperialist countries.
To check if a story is plausible, it helps to have an historic materialist understanding of who the actors in the story are, what their history is and which classes material interests they share in.
Ideally, you shouldn't come away from a confirmed story with the notion: "Wow it's true, they really did that crazy thing! How dramatic and sensational!". Rather, in confirming the story, you will have developed a deeper understanding of the underlying social forces driving individual actors decisions. So instead you'd be more like:"Now I understand why this thing that first seemed very surprising to me was bound to happen sooner or later."