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The Science of Truthiness
E IS mC(Square) writes "Researchers at Indiana University have just launched Truthy.indiana.edu, which they humbly declare 'a sophisticated new Twitter-based research tool that combines data mining, social network analysis and crowdsourcing to uncover deceptive tactics and misinformation leading up to the Nov. 2 elections.' According to their FAQ, they define 'truthy' thus: 'A truthy meme relies on deceptive tactics to represent misinformation as fact. The Truthy system uses Truthy to refer to activities such as political smear campaigns, astroturfing, and other social pollution."
> The problem is that so many people can't, or won't.
They don't need to, as they know that everything coming from the other side is a lie, so they can just ignore the liars. For example, most Slashdotters will tell you that everything coming from the "right" is a lie and worthy only of ridicule. Thus their adoration of Colbert.
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