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Why would you want to fact check a social media site like Facebook anyway? The vast majority of the communications there are ultimately expressions of feelings. There is no way you can fact check such a medium into a source of objective fact.

It makes as much sense as having fact checkers in pubs and restaurants. Sure, there is going to be misinformation spread in those places but ultimately the people involved understand that things spread by random people might not actually be true.



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