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Best way to fact-check news? (piefed.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by MindfulMaverick@piefed.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just read that oil markets are being deliberately manipulated to drive prices higher and make the impact on the population worse. Before I share or act on it, I want to verify if it’s true.

What are your go-to methods or tools for fact-checking economic or political news? Also, which communities on Lemmy (or the wider fediverse) are best for this kind of thing?

Thanks for any tips!

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[–] Aatube@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

note that this is a video channel that doesn't seem to produce articles. every single piece on the frontpage is clickbait. Let's see if they're also BS.

The End of Israel: The Ultimate Evidence
You won’t see this on the BBC or CNN

This is just what every Lemming knows about Israel already + "no apartheid could possibly endure". The video ends on "When and how the system of ethnic supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean comes to an end is impossible to foresee, but end it will."

I see no original research.

British Journalist UNCOVERS SHOCKING Iran War COVER-UP
You won’t see this on the BBC or CNN
Peter Oborne, US Politics, Global Politics

This is just "British journalism is bad", illustrated with examples from Daily Mail, Telegraph, BBC. I mean, you're not wrong, but...

No revelations here. The Guardian isn't even mentioned and I think The Guardian is still pretty good.

Domestic UK affairs are undeserving of the label "Global Politics" and absolutely not "US politics".

At this point I don't want to analyze more videos. I'll just post the headlines of the other four pieces on the frontpage.

HE’S ACTUALLY DOING IT: Trump, Israel, and the End of the Global Economy
The ULTIMATE Betrayal
Richard Sanders - US Politics, Global Politics

Lowkey EXPOSES Trump's Iran War for Israel
Lowkey EXPOSES Trump's Iran War for Israel
Lowkey - US Politics, Global Politics

Iran War EXPOSED: The Video Trump Doesn't Want You To See
How Trump BETRAYED America for Israel
Matt Kennard - US Politics, Global Politics

Why Trump REALLY Attacked Iran
The Chilling Truth Behind Trump’s Dark Agenda
Lowkey - US Politics, Global Politics

note this neat, website-exclusive disclosure:

The views expressed in this video belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of DDN.

unwilling to take accountability, DDN's editorial board does not seem strong.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That's not the sort of content I encountered on YouTube. Now I'm thinking I sent the wrong link.

okay I double checked cause I had a few videos saved

Yeah I think I was mixed up.

The icons are both Ds and I definitely mixed them up with each other.

I just did a quick Google search to get the home page. And looked at the "about" and was like . Yeah that's it. But I'm pretty sure I made a mistake. I didn't mean to recommend ddN. But DW

It's DW news. Not DDN.

https://youtube.com/@dwnews

Yeah double down is clickbait. Like all of it. Yikes.

[–] Aatube@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

ah, Deutsche-Welle, Germany's NPR. they are really good, and they publish articles too.

https://www.dw.com/

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah it's high quality and independent investigations, not just repeating what everyone else says. I really like it and they seem to go in depth a bit more.

I mistakenly thought it was a smaller news organization. It's pretty big.