The New York Times was criticized on Tuesday for an article about real Meta reviewers reviewing their reviewers.
Meta announced that it would be ending its controversial fact-checking practices and removing language restrictions to “restore free expression” across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting that its current content management practices “go too far.”
But its former third-party fact-checking partners have disputed allegations of bias and censorship in their work. Aaron Sharockman of PolitiFact criticized the decision in a social media post, saying, “If Meta is upset it created a surveillance tool, it should be. look in the mirror.”
The New York Times published a piece on the backlash from such fact-checking organizations titled, “Meta Says Fact Checkers Was the Problem. Fact Checkers Rule False.” The article said, “The fact-checking groups working with Meta say they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content it reviewed.”
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 23: The New York Times logo hangs above the front door of their headquarters on October 23, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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But users across X social media platform he scoffed at the headline.
“This really does a good job of exposing the problem with the fact-checking industry (perhaps by accident),” Reason editor-in-chief Robby Soave noted.
“Fact-checkers say critics are the problem. Real article from the NY Times,” civil rights attorney Laura Powell noted. “How can one produce satire when the legacy media has become so stupid?”
“This is amazing. Meta said fact-checkers were the problem of fact-checkers who lied,” Analytics Miami founder Ana Bozovic said in a post. “Ending stupidity: this is the NYT report.”
Tech billionaires, including Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have been supporting Trump since he won on Election Day. (Getty Images)
“They actually wrote this and published it,” Manhattan Institute senior Chris Rufo marveled.
Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Z. Hemingway wrote, “An article beyond parody from the New York Times press.”
“I had to look it up for myself because I couldn't believe it wasn't a joke,” political columnist Moshe Hill wrote in amazement, “It's true.”
Meteorologist and data scientist John Basham joked that the headline “could have been” from the political satire website, The Babylon Bee, adding, “Life Changed Friendship on the Left .”
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Andrew Mark Miller of Fox News contributed to this report.