• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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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      1 year 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.

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        1 year ago

        The best lies have truths sprinkled around them.

        Lies as in deception and not human error? If I’m reading that right, it sounds like there may be some trust issues on your part but I’ll let you elaborate.

        Snopes got snoped. Snopes is actually terrible.

        Did they? By who? Can you… *ahem*… provide a link? Because that at face value sounds like you’re poisoning the well. You keep casting wide generalizations without backing them up. Sure, I could look it up, but I want your sources specifically for various reasons.

        And I’m just gonna say that of course every source has a degree of accuracy to them because the world isn’t black and white, which is the reason why reliability is a spectrum.

        Nobody is a good source.

        I’m sorry but it’s screaming trust issues again but harder.

        Material needs to stand on it’s own.

        Can you elaborate? Because I’m also getting weird vibes from this one.

        only well established sources have high quality photo manipulation

        This is simply not true, not in the world of AI and not in the world of Photoshop. If you can’t convincingly manipulate a photo using free tools and/or pirated software, then it’s a skill issue. See here for more details.