I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion – let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it’s the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways…so really no difference).

What’s the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there’s people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don’t see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck…

  • Resol van LemmyEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    They had a children’s channel that unfortunately no longer exists. I was lucky enough to watch it when I had the chance.

    Yes, it was THAT Al Jazeera.

    • مهما طال الليل
      2•4 months ago

      I didn’t know that. You are not thinking of Spacetoon by neighboring Bahrain? The two countries 🇧🇭🇶🇦 can get easily confused. If Al Jazeera did have a kids channel it is news to me.

      • Resol van LemmyEnglish
        2•4 months ago

        No, it’s not Spacetoon. Everyone and their dog knows that by this point.

        Just put jcctv.net in the Wayback Machine (find an archive before 29 March 2013) and you’ll see what I mean.

        I believe Baraem was one of its sister channels?