by Chris Black
This whole “fact-check” industry which popped up after the 2016 election is a gigantic scam.
A screenshot from an article on IQfy expressing vax regret has gone viral, and the “fact-checkers” at Reuters have lied about it, constructing an elaborate hoax.
The article is entitled “They knew: why didn’t the unvaccinated do more to warn us?”
The article might be satire. It does not read like satire.
They even disabled comments on the post, saying there were too many trolls posting.
They knew: why didn't the unvaccinated do more to warn us? – IQfy
IS THIS FOR REAL?😳We’ve literally been screaming from the rooftops🚨 t.co/otKpFEEgNO— Jamie Sale (@JamieSale) January 24, 2023
I have never heard of IQfy.com. A brief look at the site shows that it is not all satire, but this article could be satirical.
Regardless, even if it is intended as satire, Reuters “fact-checkers” openly lied about the post.
Someone created and distributed a fake screenshot of an article with the same title and header image for “The Conversation.”
Reuters then covered this, and claimed that the article was fake.
Fact Check-Fake headline from The Conversation asks why the unvaccinated didn’t ‘warn’ the vaccinatedt.co/nUqGZLCAOX
— Archer Harper (@ArcherHarper6) January 25, 2023
The fact-checkers do exactly this: put out fake versions of something real, and then “debunk” their own fakes.
This is similar to the way that anti-virus software makers in the 1990s allegedly made viruses for the purpose of getting people to buy their software.