"Fact checking" is just sand in the gears of non-approved information channels. The worse it is for you, the harder you check.

As with all things liberal, what's in the tin is not what's on the label.

Libertarians understand regulatory capture: have absurd standards and apply only to your enemies. It doesn't occur that this happens in tech, science, reporting & anything private though. The consequences of the public/private distinction have been a disaster for humanity.

The idea is to create the illusion of neutrality for plausible deniability while in practice having anything but. https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-the-hunter-biden-expose-suppression-136

Once you see the double standard you can't unsee it though. This is why Trump is the most consequential president in at least a century: he forced the mask of neutrality to slip. Normal people see it now and are not happy. This is unforgivable.

The question now is whether this palpable anger will turn into anything. CNN is wrong about Trump: he is not the fascist who haunts their nightmares. He is John the Baptist to a man yet to come.