Journalists Who Were Hired As “fact-checkers” For Facebook Have Reportedly “lost Trust” In The Company, Claiming The Role Is Closer To Being Facebook’s “propaganda” Arm Than Actual Fact-checkers.
In an article, the Guardian compiled several complaints from current and former Facebook fact-checkers, who revealed their distrust in the social network.
Facebook currently has fact-checking partnerships with Snopes, PolitiFact, Factcheck.org, the Weekly Standard, and Associated Press.
“They’ve essentially used us for crisis PR,” expressed former Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski to the Guardian. “They’re not taking anything seriously. They are more interested in making themselves look good and passing the buck… They clearly don’t care.”
“You’re not doing journalism anymore. You’re doing propaganda,” she continued, adding, “They threw us under the bus at every opportunity.” – READ MORE