Snopes CEO Chris Richmond: The Government Censored the Hunter Biden Laptop Story, Not Facebook Fact-Checkers

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Velshi We ░░░░░░░░ the media become scapegoats ░░░░░░░░ a lot of things ░░░░░░░░ after a while you ░░░░░░░░ get used to it ░░░░░░░░ The you know and ░░░░░░░░ want to make a ░░░░░░░░ We re calling you ░░░░░░░░ fact checkers But we ░░░░░░░░ all as journalists supposed ░░░░░░░░ be fact checkers That ░░░░░░░░ part of our our ░░░░░░░░ It s only but ░░░░░░░░ know in recent years ░░░░░░░░ ve had to delineate ░░░░░░░░ part of our job ░░░░░░░░ Chris mark says that ░░░░░░░░ fact checkers have become ░░░░░░░░ words politically biased and ░░░░░░░░ shifting to this community ░░░░░░░░ system will presumably crowdsource ░░░░░░░░ It becomes a fairer ░░░░░░░░ Talk to me about ░░░░░░░░ because one s mind ░░░░░░░░ say crowdsourcing should help ░░░░░░░░ does improve a lot ░░░░░░░░ things in life but ░░░░░░░░ it doesn t so ░░░░░░░░ do we how should ░░░░░░░░ think about this Richmond ░░░░░░░░ a step back first ░░░░░░░░ s let s talk ░░░░░░░░ how Mark Zuckerberg is ░░░░░░░░ oh well the fact ░░░░░░░░ are biased Fact checkers ░░░░░░░░ causing censorship And we ░░░░░░░░ already established that Facebook ░░░░░░░░ one of the determine ░░░░░░░░ posts are taken down ░░░░░░░░ not But let s ░░░░░░░░ at the most famous ░░░░░░░░ of Facebook censoring content ░░░░░░░░ that was the Hunter ░░░░░░░░ laptop story And we ░░░░░░░░ well it was fact ░░░░░░░░ right Who told Zuckerberg ░░░░░░░░ limit the reach of ░░░░░░░░ No it was the ░░░░░░░░ So Facebook complied with ░░░░░░░░ government and then the ░░░░░░░░ checkers get the blame ░░░░░░░░ Kamala Harris would have ░░░░░░░░ would he be taking ░░░░░░░░ of these same actions ░░░░░░░░ No he complied with ░░░░░░░░ the government wanted Then ░░░░░░░░ is complying what the ░░░░░░░░ administration wants now But ░░░░░░░░ s not to say ░░░░░░░░ there s not some ░░░░░░░░ in the change that ░░░░░░░░ s making I agree ░░░░░░░░ the community node system ░░░░░░░░ great It should be ░░░░░░░░ The problem is that ░░░░░░░░ has this black box ░░░░░░░░ that they can do ░░░░░░░░ they want and just ░░░░░░░░ off the blame like ░░░░░░░░ want a more transparent ░░░░░░░░ We should be pushing ░░░░░░░░ community nodes But to ░░░░░░░░ that you re going ░░░░░░░░ remove fact checkers as ░░░░░░░░ of the process I ░░░░░░░░ that s where the ░░░░░░░░ is And I can ░░░░░░░░ you firsthand that community ░░░░░░░░ with a free community ░░░░░░░░ checking doesn t get ░░░░░░░░ job done because a ░░░░░░░░ percentage of the fact ░░░░░░░░ that we re doing ░░░░░░░░ day is from misinformation ░░░░░░░░ see going viral on ░░░░░░░░