Roflmasterbigpimp to Ask Lemmy • 27 days agoWhy does the "Media Bias Fact Checker" - Bot gets downvoted so much lately?imagemessage-square163arrow-up1313arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1285arrow-down1imageWhy does the "Media Bias Fact Checker" - Bot gets downvoted so much lately?Roflmasterbigpimp to Ask Lemmy • 27 days agomessage-square163file-text
minus-square@AbouBenAdhemlinkEnglish3•27 days 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-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglish1•25 days agoThe assumes that the US Democrat-Republican spectrum is indeed a straight line in that space, and they are diametrically opposed.
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.