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Brooke Binkowski
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I told you! I told you! @KimLaCapria look! We were right all along! nature.com/articles/s4156…
More here! retractionwatch.com/2019/01/09/oft…
People are smarter and better than we give them credit for most of the time. Humans are smart! This study ended up really depressing a lot of fact-checkers and I always was convinced that there was some kind of issue with it. My optimism paid off!
And the obvious answer is, when social media's business model is dependent on "engagement" they're going to help along the spread of hoaxes and false stories that upset people so that they argue online. There's your engagement.
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I am not, to be clear, happy that the scientists who did this research had to retract their paper. That was a lot of hard work! But I am very happy that my faith in humanity overall has paid off, just a bit.
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Brooke Binkowski
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"We believe CNN declined a report from KUSI because we informed them that most Border Patrol Agents we have spoken to told us the barrier does in fact work."

If you can't tell the difference between facts and feelings, why are you in the news business?
What no one wants to say out loud is that the production values and reporting overall at KUSI has declined so precipitously thanks to budget cuts and a hellish internal culture that they are difficult to watch at this point. I think that's probably the real reason.
Also "kusi" is Finnish for piss. I've never had any reason to share this bit of trivia until now so today is a great day
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This is a lie. I live on the border. There is no emergency. The only thing that makes me feel unsafe is the war game my own country is playing against an ally in peacetime.
I pass back and forth between countries regularly. The most unsafe I feel is when border agents harass me and search my car for no reason, which now happens just about every time I cross despite my SENTRI card and squeaky-clean history. Why do you think that is, @DHSgov? 🤔
It seems to only happen to me and a few other journalists. It's almost as if we're being singled out. But don't worry, if it's happening to us, it's going to happen to the rest of you, too.
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Brooke Binkowski
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Oh, that false equivalency was part and parcel of fact-checking all along. That's why I'm so forthright and confrontational about it - sometimes to my own detriment, but I do try to own up and fix it when I go over the top. vox.com/2019/1/9/18175…
That's why I was so keen to fact-check this speech last night. I don't know many people who are anti-disinformation journalists with years of experience on the border as well.
p.s.truthorfiction.com/united-states-… and follow @erumors!
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