Bryan W. White

Fact checking of a different stripe, watchdog of fact checkers

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@NewBlackMan Which interiewer of @BillAdairDuke will be the first to ask him why his claim of an explosion in political falsehoods isn't borne out by the fact checker he created, @PolitiFact?

#PolitiFactThis

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

AI has an Achilles heel wrt fact-checking. Inevitably it chooses some sources as trustworthy. Those will win when it comes to output, even when the trusted sources are demonstrably wrong.

I've made a case study out of the Brooks Brothers riot, which is pretty much uniformly misreported in the press. AI gets it wrong every time, though with enough virtual hand-holding AI may be led to reason.

Doesn't stick, of course.

Until that's ironed out, AI will basically stand in service to entrenched narratives, including false ones.

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@TruthinessCheck @American_Bridge Am I wrong to think that content is AI-generated?

[Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* @EsotericCD]

Norm Macdonald

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@tartjesus @GabrielSterling @grok Dunno. I know about Florida, and you veered into that lane.

Did you wish to comi$$ion a fact check of Trump's claim about California?

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@tartjesus @GabrielSterling You may have missed it, but Florida reformed its elections systems more than once since 2000, and now brings in its results quickly and without much controversy.

(Is that not fair to say, @grok?)

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@PolitiFact That's the wrong way to show fact-checking on social media. You're quoting Rubio's accurate statement ("a leader") and juxtaposing it with the "Half True" rating for a different claim ("leading China by a lot").

There's nothing in the post segueing to that separate claim.

[Teri Christoph @TeriChristoph]

@jamiedupree You might be overestimating the allure of Scott Pelley a smidge.

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@whaddatwit @PolitiFact You can be taken seriously by pointing out something wrong inn the post or the source. Good luck, because PolitiFact really did improperly elide the transcript.

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@whaddatwit @PolitiFact Your critique is the genetic fallacy.

Feel free to try again.👍

https://t.co/laNz4yDtTV

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@PolitiFact PolitiFact still publishes aggregated "Truth-O-Meter" report cards without routinely warning readers that selection bias renders the data almost entirely useless.*

*the numbers do help bring out PolitiFact's bias and lack of consistency.

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@fatMatt1964 @_kxdyn @nikicaga "SCOTUS illegitimately intervened."

If the SCOTUS had not intervened and Florida completed the statewide-ish recount of undervotes the FSC had ordered, Gore was the likely loser.

Overvotes were what gave Gore his best shot at winning.

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@fatMatt1964 @_kxdyn @nikicaga 2) Miami-Dade plus the other requested counties failed to put Gore in lead based on Miami-Dade's undervotes. Per the NORC Florida ballot project.

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@factchecknet Fact checkers and the IFCN can build a reputation for transparency by behaving transparently.

Blaring "Commit to Transparency" when transparency's lacking won't cut it.

[Bryan W. White @ZebraFactCheck]

@factchecknet Has the IFCN ever transparently communicated a case of abuse? Frivolity?

Would a fact checker like to tell me my Friday complaint was frivolous? I'd love to hear why (because it's unlikely I'll ever hear anything about it from the non-transparent IFCN):

https://t.co/uV8KnhNOvS