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2019-09-02 Home Front: Culture Wars

Snopes Introduces New 'Factually Inaccurate But Morally Right' Fact Check Result

[Babylon Bee] Popular fact-checking site Snopes.com confirmed Wednesday they are debuting a new "Factually inaccurate but morally right" fact check result for claims they don't want to debunk because they coincide with Snopes editors' worldview.

The fact-checking website will now label inaccurate claims that they deem "morally right" with the new label, giving public figures whose hearts are in the right place a pass.

"We were often running into situations were a truth claim was absolutely absurd, but it supported progressive causes," said one Snopes editor. "So sometimes we just called it a 'Mixture,' but then people might get the idea that our favorite politicians are being slightly dishonest sometimes."

The editor then said that upon hearing Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's recent statement that many people are more concerned with being factually accurate than morally right, the Snopes fact-checking team suddenly had an idea: they could label things as being morally laudable even though the facts upon which they were based are totally erroneous.

"So like, if someone says communism is the most humane political and economic system, like, there are facts that contradict with that, sure," said one writer. "But the person is obviously compassionate for wanting people to share and stuff. So we'll just slap the new 'factually wrong but morally great' label on the claim, and then people won't feel like they have to disregard the entirely false claim."

The new label has been used 17 times on Snopes today alone.

Posted by Frank G 2019-09-02 10:32|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 The Bee reporting what Snopes (or others) won't

Posted by Mullah Richard 2019-09-02 11:35|| 2019-09-02 11:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Those poor people at Snopes had such good intentions when they started out...

Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-02 12:27|| 2019-09-02 12:27|| Front Page Top

#3 ...such good intentions...

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket.
-- Eric Hoffer

The SPLC is another example. Or the Civil Rights movement in general. Yeah, Al Sharpton, we're looking at you, you oily grifter.

Posted by SteveS 2019-09-02 12:49|| 2019-09-02 12:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Not really. They are typical liberals who assumed they were right and their purpose was to show that anyone who disagreed was wrong.

Posted by dumdd 2019-09-02 13:26|| 2019-09-02 13:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I used to like Cracked, before they sold out and went totally ass-kissing left for revenue and political relevance.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-02 13:51|| 2019-09-02 13:51|| Front Page Top

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