The internet: something is wrong with Trump’s pants, can’t figure out what.
Snopes: “The internet says Trump’s pants were on backward, we rate this as False.”
The internet: “That’s not even what we said…”
People who still believe Snopes: “Shh, the mighty Snopes has spoken.”
Snopes: “The internet says Trump’s pants were on backward, we rate this as False.”
The internet: “That’s not even what we said…”
People who still believe Snopes: “Shh, the mighty Snopes has spoken.”
The internet floated numerous potential theories: he had a diaper on underneath. They were special pants to accommodate a diaper. He has no one to iron his pants anymore. He gained weight and stretched his pants out. They were on backward.
Snopes took the one theory that could be proven false, acted like it was the only theory presented, and ignored all the others. Which is an ugly way of bending the truth for a site that’s supposed to determine the truth. Yet snopes pulls this all the time, usually worse.
Snopes often fact check a completely true article, but pulls a sentence of that article out of context, and slaps a “false” rating on it. The entire point, presumably, is to stir up as much controversy as possible, as people argue about the fact check. More page views for Snopes.
Snopes (and other bullshitters like them) rely on you being too lazy to go read the entire source article yourself. They assume you’ll just choose to believe that Snopes is presenting the source article accurately, and that its “false” rating is legitimate.
Here’s a real fact check: you don’t need sites like Snopes. You’re not an automaton who needs to be told what’s “true” or “false.” Do your own research on something and figure it out yourself, otherwise don’t weigh in.
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