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'''Fact-Checker''', n.: 1) Someone who attempts to decrease allowed public deviation from official narratives found in “authoritative sources” under the guise of checking facts. | <blockquote> | ||
2) Someone who simply checks claims for bases in facts [archaic usage, common pre-internet]. | '' '''Fact-Checker''', n.: 1) Someone who attempts to decrease allowed public deviation from official narratives found in “authoritative sources” under the guise of checking facts.'' | ||
''2) Someone who simply checks claims for bases in facts [archaic usage, common pre-internet].'' | |||
-'''Eric Weinstein''' on [https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1359966089044664323 Twitter] | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:48, 8 September 2021
Fact-Checker, n.: 1) Someone who attempts to decrease allowed public deviation from official narratives found in “authoritative sources” under the guise of checking facts.
2) Someone who simply checks claims for bases in facts [archaic usage, common pre-internet].
-Eric Weinstein on Twitter