What do you do when someone sites an incorrect fact on FB?

bhs1978
Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:13:13 +0000

@mom2and wrote"Facts are just that, based in the truth. That is very different from someone’s view or interpretation of the facts"

So someone posts on Facebook a video of someone saying something and say here it is straight from the horses mouth… fact. They may actually be using this video to correct what they perceive to be an “incorrect fact”. I watch the video and yes it is fact that this person said that. I go the next step and try to find the video on my own. lo and behold I find out the video is much longer than the cut that was posted and the statement was taken out of context. The statement in no way reflected the truth of how it was being portrayed. So Yes, it was fact in that the person said it, however the interpretation was taken out of context to portray the posters view. Was it done intentionally to mislead…maybe. Or did the person who post it just repost it because it fit their agenda. Most people won’t go looking for the entire video. I take nothing on Facebook at face value.