The New York Times was criticized Tuesday for a headline about Meta fact-checkers fact-checking their critics.
Meta announced that it would be End controversial fact-checking practices And lifting restrictions on expression in order to “restore freedom of expression” across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, acknowledging that current content moderation practices “have gone too far.”
But former third-party fact-checking partners have disputed allegations of bias and censorship in their work. PolitiFact's Aaron Sharockman criticized the decision in a social media post, saying, “If Meta is upset that she created a tool for censorship, then she should do so.” Look in the mirror.”
the New York Times He published an article about the backlash from fact-checking organizations under the headline “Meta says fact-checkers are the problem. Fact-checkers get it wrong.” “The fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in determining what the company did with fact-checked content,” the article said.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 23: The New York Times Company logo hangs above the front door of its headquarters on October 23, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hirschorn/Getty Images) (Photo by Gary Hirschorn/Getty Images)
But users via X Social media platform Make fun of the title.
“This actually does an effective job of exposing the problem of the fact-checking industry (perhaps by accident),” noted Reason senior editor Robbie Soave.
“Fact-checkers claim fact-checkers are the problem,” noted civil liberties attorney Laura Powell. “A real headline from the New York Times.” “How can anyone produce satire when old media has become so ridiculous?”
“This is astounding,” Ana Bozovic, founder of Analytics in Miami, said in a post. Meta says fact-checkers were the problem with fact-checkers ruling this was false. “Almost ridiculous: This is the New York Times report.”
Tech billionaires, including Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have been supportive of Trump since his Election Day victory. (Getty Images)
“They actually wrote this and published it,” marveled Chris Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
The Federalist Editor-in-Chief Molly Z. Hemingway: “A title beyond parody from the propaganda outlet The New York Times.”
“I had to look it up myself because I couldn't believe it wasn't a parody, it was real,” political writer Moshe Hill wrote in surprise.
Meteorologist and data scientist John Basham joked that the headline “could easily have been” from political satire website, The Babylon Bee, adding: “Life has become a parody on the left.”
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Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
