https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-the-fact-checkers-the-real-journalists-of-today <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In a time when the mainstream news media and political columnists twist just about everything politicians say and do to support their companies or their own agenda who do we turn to to find out the truth?<br /><br />Fact checking websites.<br /><br />They are in fact the unsung heroes of the news world. Actually doing the legwork required of journalists to ferret out the truth they twisted. In a world where opinion columns are passed off as fact and columnists either only tell part of the truth or outright lie about the events and meaning in the words people say we have fact checkers who investigate the investigative journalists and bloggers to see if what they say and do is in fact the truth.<br /><br />The pure FACT of the matter is this........we will blindly accept the lie if it coincides with our beliefs and we agree with what the journalist is saying even if what they say (or don&#39;t say) stretches that truth.<br /><br />But in all things reality must shine through. Because even some of those fact checking websites have their own biases and agendas that must be tended to.<br /><br />So who fact checks the fact checkers? We do, and we do that by not getting our news only from places and people who agree with us. Wise men and women get their news from many different place with many different ideas and ideologies and make up their own minds on what can and cannot be believed. Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:59:19 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-the-fact-checkers-the-real-journalists-of-today <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In a time when the mainstream news media and political columnists twist just about everything politicians say and do to support their companies or their own agenda who do we turn to to find out the truth?<br /><br />Fact checking websites.<br /><br />They are in fact the unsung heroes of the news world. Actually doing the legwork required of journalists to ferret out the truth they twisted. In a world where opinion columns are passed off as fact and columnists either only tell part of the truth or outright lie about the events and meaning in the words people say we have fact checkers who investigate the investigative journalists and bloggers to see if what they say and do is in fact the truth.<br /><br />The pure FACT of the matter is this........we will blindly accept the lie if it coincides with our beliefs and we agree with what the journalist is saying even if what they say (or don&#39;t say) stretches that truth.<br /><br />But in all things reality must shine through. Because even some of those fact checking websites have their own biases and agendas that must be tended to.<br /><br />So who fact checks the fact checkers? We do, and we do that by not getting our news only from places and people who agree with us. Wise men and women get their news from many different place with many different ideas and ideologies and make up their own minds on what can and cannot be believed. Cpl Tom Surdi Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:59:19 -0400 2018-04-23T09:59:19-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-the-fact-checkers-the-real-journalists-of-today?n=3569584&urlhash=3569584 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No! Independent citizen journalists. If you get a degree in an indoctrination college of excellence, you might be a brainwashed snowflake hack. Cpl Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:06:52 -0400 2018-04-23T11:06:52-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-the-fact-checkers-the-real-journalists-of-today?n=3570019&urlhash=3570019 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Some better than others. It&#39;s work ferreting out the closest to the truth these days. CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:51:23 -0400 2018-04-23T13:51:23-04:00 2018-04-23T09:59:19-04:00