Surely this won't be abused to push an agenda. The Ministry of Truth prevails!
Expect copious amounts of this: http://i.imgur.com/1Y0sN6b.png
Expect copious amounts of this: http://i.imgur.com/1Y0sN6b.png
They're not saying "Other Opinions", they're saying "Fact Check".
The need for sites like snopes and all the other fact checking sites shows that most people do in fact believe everything they read on the Internet, especially if it aligns with their existing biases.
That's one of the reasons why the Coen brothers included the "this is a true story" thing - they wondered how many people would believe it the film was true if they put a simple bit of text at the beginning.
Just use ClaimReview and my-agenda-is-the-truth.com can be put in front of the eyes of millions of people who only read the title.
The Claim: Trump says Clinton 'acid washed' her email server.
The Truth: Clinton's team used an app called BleachBit;
she did not use a corrosive chemical.Trump: "Hillary washed her money."
Media: "Wrong! Hillary laundered her money."
And Donald Trump himself clearly did believe that. This comment[0] from yesterday has his full quotes explaining it all, so I won't bother repeating it here.
But then you notice a trend of similar things happening over and over and over and over and over...