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> We search for relevant results from research databases, reputable news sites and searches on the web, What sources do you use to "fact check" ? Do you know

> We search for relevant results from research databases, reputable news sites and searches on the web, What sources do you use to "fact check" ? Do you know what circular reporting is? How do you handle it? How would this service handle the Hunter Biden laptop story for example. Once considered Russia disinfo by MSM and many spies is now known it was not disinfo and Hunter really did leave the laptop behind and the info on it is fact. There is already a few "fact checking" sites out their that are very biased. For example snopes took years and after the election to to finally confirm Trump Did Not Call Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists 'Very Fine People'. The timing to confirm this took too long. I'd say this is an interesting topic, so I'm very interested in your thoughts and how to handle. Thanks!

jakemanger 2y ago
Thanks for the great comment! Bear in mind, this is the initial version of the site that should be running in a couple of weeks. The app has three groups of sources: - peer-reviewed research published by scientific journals (highest reliability) - reputable news websites (medium reliability) - internet searches (lowest reliability) The Hunter laptop and Neo-nazi cases are tough ones, but essentially it would provide an overview of what sources if any are providing that information. Identifying original sources and when they were created can be very illuminating on determining whether it’s reliable or likely misinformation. The app provides a scale from completely false to true to gauge a level of uncertainty. If low reputation sites are spreading misinformation through circular reporting, that would register as having low reliability and hence not much evidence behind it. I’d love to know if you or anyone else has other ideas to tackle your examples. They’re good ones.

jakemanger 2y ago

Thanks for the great comment! Bear in mind, this is the initial version of the site that should be running in a couple of weeks. The app has three groups of sources: - peer-reviewed research published by scientific journals (highest reliability) - reputable news websites (medium reliability) - internet searches (lowest reliability) The Hunter laptop and Neo-nazi cases are tough ones, but essentially it would provide an overview of what sources if any are providing that information. Identifying original sources and when they were created can be very illuminating on determining whether it’s reliable or likely misinformation. The app provides a scale from completely false to true to gauge a level of uncertainty. If low reputation sites are spreading misinformation through circular reporting, that would register as having low reliability and hence not much evidence behind it. I’d love to know if you or anyone else has other ideas to tackle your examples. They’re good ones.