• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    What makes someone else a better source?

    They have a history of adhering to facts, so they’ve built up a good reputation.

    You can look them up on mediabiasfactcheck.com and other independent fact checkers like Snopes to see how much of a reliable source they are.

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      10 months ago

      Oh boy here we go.

      The best lies have truths sprinkled around them.

      Snopes got snoped. Snopes is actually terrible. I’m surprised to see their old reputation is still holding out with some people.

      Nobody is a good source. Material needs to stand on it’s own. Everyone has a camera, but only well established sources have high quality photo manipulation.