Author and blogger James Surowiecki has no patience for people like Joe Rogan who don’t subject all of their material to rigorous fact-checking by expert fact-checkers. For what it’s worth, James is absolutely right that good fact-checking is essential in today’s media environment, where misinformation and disinformation run rampant.
But who fact-checks the fact-checkers? That’s a totally fair question, one that Tablet CTO and Twitchy regular Noam Blum, aka @neontaster, would like an insightful answer to from James.
Here’s how that conversation went:
Not much more I can add to this. pic.twitter.com/Ruwc5dHROP
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) February 8, 2022
It’s pretty much perfect as-is.
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::blink::Tell the truth, Noam. You're playing a practical joke on us, right?
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) February 8, 2022
Nope. It’s real, and it’s spectacular.
He deleted it. Not quick enough.
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) February 8, 2022
Oh, James … you gotta be quicker than that!
At least James had a defense for his now-deleted tweets:
Yeah – Rogan should fact-check his statements, and the statements of his guest, before putting them on the air.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) February 8, 2022
Hey, we didn’t say it was a good defense …
Here’s a “How to Wreck Yourself” tutorial by @JamesSurowiecki https://t.co/bIjZRnOoG1
— Stunk and Juff – NO DM (@69420AreFunny) February 8, 2022
James right as he posted this. https://t.co/IjpXbiaOd3 pic.twitter.com/cInDfXdwFR
— Salty Major (Medical Type; 1 Each) (@anccpt) February 8, 2022
This is just the greatest thing. It really is.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL https://t.co/IdGBKLaY9o
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) February 8, 2022
That's hilarious.
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) February 8, 2022
Thank you for this laugh, I needed it. https://t.co/n3TO4g3aX6
— thenutt (@thenutt5) February 8, 2022
We all needed it.
That’s beautiful
— Kate Paul Dillon. (@KatePaulDillon) February 8, 2022
This is a work of art fit for the Smithsonian. https://t.co/kj30rKSFec
— JimmEEE (@EEElverhoy) February 8, 2022
Frame that shit, right next to this pic.twitter.com/nuAss3pQ2E
— Yosef (@a_wandering_jew) February 8, 2022
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