Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhy does the "Media Bias Fact Checker" - Bot gets downvoted so much lately?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1285arrow-down1imageWhy does the "Media Bias Fact Checker" - Bot gets downvoted so much lately?lemmy.worldRoflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square163fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoNon-US politics is more complicated than “left vs right”.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoDefinitely—so sources that are close together when projected onto a left-right axis may be far apart in a more multidimensional political space. But the relative ordering along that axis can still be accurate, even if the implied proximity isn’t.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThe assumes that the US Democrat-Republican spectrum is indeed a straight line in that space, and they are diametrically opposed.
Non-US politics is more complicated than “left vs right”.
Definitely—so sources that are close together when projected onto a left-right axis may be far apart in a more multidimensional political space. But the relative ordering along that axis can still be accurate, even if the implied proximity isn’t.
The assumes that the US Democrat-Republican spectrum is indeed a straight line in that space, and they are diametrically opposed.
US politics is too.