Regulation to combat fake news, say MPs

[xoggoth]

Why can't you get toilet paper with politicians' faces printed on the sheets?

[Zigenare]

Why can't you get toilet paper with politicians' faces printed on the sheets?

Winston Churchill is on a £5 note, use that - it probably skids worse than IZAL so be careful. It is washable though...

[filthy1980]

Who decides what is true and what is fake?

Reason and Evidence

[Old Greg]

Reason and Evidence

That is 'how', not 'who'.

[woohoo]

We could just educate people to look at the sources of their news and evaluate for themselves.

I remember studying for a degree and a person tried to quote the Sun in a paper as evidence for their argument. He wasn't the only one not sure why quoting the Sun was not evidence of a truth or fact.

It had to be explained to him in slow words that peer reviewed evidence is better than the Sun. Though to be fair, I imagine these days I would even question academic papers, their sources and goals.

[AtW]

Ah - the Re-Edukation Camps...

[Zigenare]

We could just educate people to look at the sources of their news and evaluate for themselves.

I remember studying for a degree and a person tried to quote the Sun in a paper as evidence for their argument. He wasn't the only one not sure why quoting the Sun was not evidence of a truth or fact.

It had to be explained to him in slow words that peer reviewed evidence is better than the Sun. Though to be fair, I imagine these days I would even question academic papers, their sources and goals.

Future funding and the career aims of the author(s). At a guess.

[woohoo]

Future funding and the career aims of the author(s). At a guess.

If only.

[NotAllThere]

The Moderators of course!

Fake news.