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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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[–] 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.