Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Free? Is that a fact?

Ground News boasts that it alerts readers to the credibility of news sources.

Yet, it has a bit of a problem with its own factuality. One Ground News page urged that we "Subscribe now" and "Sign up for free." But when you hit the signup button you are directed to a page that requires paid subscriptions, with no free option. Evidently by "free," Ground News means you are free to click the link.

Yes, yes. Mere tawdry marketing. But when one considers all the trouble to which Ground News goes in order to rate the factuality and credibility of news, eyebrows are bound to go up.


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