Submitted by asbruckman t3_yu22hj in science
Reply to comment by shadowrun456 in People who post stories marked false by Snopes on Reddit fall into five groups: Reason to Disagree, Changed Belief, Steadfast Non-Standard Belief, Sharing to Debunk, and Sharing for Humor. Reducing misinformation requires different approaches for each group. by asbruckman
The fact you need someone to link publicly available information is sad. Snopes uses opinion pieces to claim studies are false quite often. Studies aren't facts they are studies, disagreeing with the study isn't misinformation but saying a study is misinformation is denying science... Yes snopes failed the scientific method and posts misinformation quite often. Snopes is not a reliable source of information.
The fact that you can't link a single example to back up your claim, so instead you repeat the same claim in several different ways as if that would make any difference, is even sadder.
They posted one link to a biased right-wing propaganda site that, itself, demonstrates how Snopes acts in good faith based on all currently available data. Said article attempts to spin that as a bad thing.
The burden of proof is on the accuser. You've stated they are objectively not a a reliable source of information. That is your assertion to make, but you don't get to just tell others "oh, go look it up", and expect that to be taken as proof of your assertion.
Tell you something. I previously assumed that snopes was generally reliable, but as everything, should be taken with a decent bit of salt. The fact that you can't provide a single example of where they're unreliable really increases my trust in them.
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They also misrepresent quotes and information often in their conclusions to come to a politically biased end. You could see this a lot with trump and joe biden
They link to all of their sources. You can go check them yourself.
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