1. The following appeared in comments reacting to my letter of Nov. 12, 2020.
Overall, we rate Conservapedia Questionable based on extreme right-wing bias, promotion of propaganda and conspiracies as well as outright false information. This is not a credible source on any level or by any known criteria.
There were no quotation marks, and no source was given.
Upon recently discovering that exact statement on Media Bias/Fact Check, and being prompted to look further, I became aware of Just Facts and Just Facts Daily, and in particular of James D. Agresti’s article, “Media Bias Fact Check: Incompetent or Dishonest?”, and his video, “Beware of the Fact Checkers.” Here is one statement from the article: “In sum, more than enough evidence is presented above and below to show that Media Bias Fact Check cannot be taken seriously.”
Posted by Jan Wondra | Dec 31, 2020
The past four-plus years have been a time of “alternative facts” and alternate realities; of lies masquerading as truth, and fiction being presented as fact. Being aware of, and using fact-checking resources has become more important than ever.
Journalists of fact-based news organizations have been vilified in a year like no other; for doing our jobs, checking our facts and telling the truth. The fact is a rather large number of Americans don’t want to know the truth right now. But that puts fact-checking by all of us news media and ordinary citizens in a new light. In these turbulent times it is more important than ever to look for the truth about the “facts” being cited, and not traffic in rumors.