If you think fact-checkers are worse than worthless…
A proposal in a Stanford University journal for a “news source trustworthiness ratings” system would, in theory, eliminate the need for fact-checkers, if implemented. Yes, fact-checkers are already unnecessary — and potentially dangerous, of course —but stay with me.
Gordon Pennycook, co-author of the proposal, told Just the News: Our research shows that trustworthiness ratings have a psychological impact. Nothing about what we find necessitates a particular source for such ratings. Nor does it necessitate a particular way of implimenting [sic] such ratings. Pennycook said there’s a “mountain of difference between how people use the ratings if you provide them” and “mind control.” How Orwellian.
If that isn’t the most chilling denial you read today, I’d be flabbergasted.The fact that people like Pennygood even feel a need to deny that such proposals constitute an attempt to control the thoughts of the population at large […]
Read the Whole Article From the Source: redstate.com
