We DON'T need fact checkers to protect us.

On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, the gang finds themselves washed up on a desert island. Bob posts an SOS on social media hoping someone will save them, but gets fact checked on an irrelevant detail. Seamus takes the opportunity to explain why checkers might not have our best interest at heart…
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CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin and Sean W. Malone
Research by Matt Hampton & Tyler Brandt
Storyboards By:
Sarjex
Caleb Black
Animation By:
Seamus Coughlin
Natasha Canepa
Jaime Velasquez
Caleb Black
Amazil
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0GM07N-lb/
https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiasco
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/30/beware-expert-consensus-covid-19-lab-leak-theory-shows-why/
https://youtu.be/leX541Dr2rU
https://youtu.be/FooO8KbPEWY
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/lies-damned-lies-and-fact-checking
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/fact-checkers-big-media/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/24/jim-webb/jim-webb-says-us-didnt-have-income-taxes-until-191/
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/31/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-federal-income-tax-rate-was-0-percen/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/aoc-capitol-attack/
https://www.ncll.org/news-alerts/snopes-fact-checks-christian-satire-site-babylon-bee
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-fact-checker-declares-war-on-satire-11566428259
https://www.facebook.com/Logicologist/posts/10111246379921289
https://www.facebook.com/Logicologist/posts/10111239642997139