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otp@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoI wouldn’t call it bad information. As a non-American, I just read it as “American left”.
“Centre-left” combined with “Factual Reporting” basically means “grounded in reality”, lol
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The problem is many people aren’t tuned into political ideology. The second they see left or right they sort it by their internal bias. So it’s whitewashing a lot of conservative European sources. It’s also rating American far right positions as center right, so absolutely whitewashing them, even for someone who understands MBFC is an American site with American prejudices.
Honestly I’m surprised they’ve lasted 8 years without this getting called out, it fairly should fairly well jump out at anyone who has studied politics.
otp@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I’d be happy if someone wanted to make a better site that had better answers and a more international scale. We don’t have it, though
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Bad information is worse than no information. It is actively harmful.
otp@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I don’t think it’s bad information. It’s information that needs to be taken in with an understanding of its source…like most information.