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Regulation to combat fake news, say MPs

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    #11
    Why can't you get toilet paper with politicians' faces printed on the sheets?
    bloggoth

    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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      #12
      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
      Why can't you get toilet paper with politicians' faces printed on the sheets?
      Winston Churchill is on a £5 note, use that - it probably skids worse than IZAL so be careful. It is washable though...
      Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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        #13
        Originally posted by Jog On View Post
        Who decides what is true and what is fake?
        Reason and Evidence

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          #14
          Originally posted by filthy1980 View Post
          Reason and Evidence
          That is 'how', not 'who'.

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            #15
            We could just educate people to look at the sources of their news and evaluate for themselves.

            I remember studying for a degree and a person tried to quote the Sun in a paper as evidence for their argument. He wasn't the only one not sure why quoting the Sun was not evidence of a truth or fact.

            It had to be explained to him in slow words that peer reviewed evidence is better than the Sun. Though to be fair, I imagine these days I would even question academic papers, their sources and goals.

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              #16
              Ah - the Re-Edukation Camps...

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                #17
                Originally posted by woohoo View Post
                We could just educate people to look at the sources of their news and evaluate for themselves.

                I remember studying for a degree and a person tried to quote the Sun in a paper as evidence for their argument. He wasn't the only one not sure why quoting the Sun was not evidence of a truth or fact.

                It had to be explained to him in slow words that peer reviewed evidence is better than the Sun. Though to be fair, I imagine these days I would even question academic papers, their sources and goals.
                Future funding and the career aims of the author(s). At a guess.
                Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                  Future funding and the career aims of the author(s). At a guess.
                  If only.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                    The Moderators of course!
                    Fake news.
                    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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