# Does Snopes.com have a liberal bias? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 13, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796 "2012-05-13T19:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![IntelliQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e99b99/32.png) [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/101 "2012-05-17T15:31:09Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Would you distinguish between (1) someone who has liberal beliefs or opinions, which can sometimes be detected in his or her work and (2) someone whose work reflects liberal bias? Yes, but the line could be blurry sometimes. So for the most part it comes down to partisan intent, Snopes falls into #1 and they exhibit no recognizable pattern of partisan intent. It’s a damned fine site imo. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/102 "2012-05-17T15:39:33Z")
> [@IntelliQ](#): > > Snopes falls into #1 Is there anything in particular that leads you to believe this? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/103 "2012-05-17T15:56:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The two “main players” are a Canadian and a dude who was been known to vote Republican. Does that set your mind at rest? Mere window dressing for the behind-the-scenes cabal comprising former members of the Weather Underground, ACORN, and the Screen Actors Guild. ---
**Author:** ![IntelliQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e99b99/32.png) [@IntelliQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IntelliQ)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/104 "2012-05-17T16:06:27Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Is there anything in particular that leads you to believe this? A few years back when I was into their site and soaking up a lot of their debunking pieces, I noticed a few jabs directed at the right on a couple occasions which seemed wholly unnecessary to whatever it was the articles were suppose to be focused on.. It was years ago, no cites. If I would have noticed an unfair pattern I would have started taking notes, but like I said no pattern developed and I like what they do. I also rely on word of web to throw up red flags - and there too I dont know of any famous bloggers or news analysts accusing snopes of bias. I’ve used them countless times to stop the nonsense coming from both left and right leaning friends in emails, facebook posts, etc. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/105 "2012-05-19T11:49:29Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The two “main players” are a Canadian and a dude who was been known to vote Republican. Does that set your mind at rest? Snappy comeback but if you bothered to read you’d probably realize that I’m not too concerned about it. Now, NPR, PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NYT, Time…that’s a different story. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/106 "2012-05-19T11:52:57Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Would you distinguish between (1) someone who has liberal beliefs or opinions, which can sometimes be detected in his or her work and (2) someone whose work reflects liberal bias? Both are examples of “bias”. Had you used “agenda” rather than “bias” in #2 the distinction would be better. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/107 "2012-05-19T15:05:50Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Snappy comeback but if you bothered to read you’d probably realize that I’m not too concerned about it. Now, NPR, PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NYT, Time…that’s a different story. All I’ve noticed is that when someone comes up with evidence that goes against your baseless questions(accusations), suddenly you are “not too concerned about it” and try to cast baseless assertions in other directions. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/108 "2012-05-19T16:08:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Back in the '50s, the John Birch Society thought **Eisenhower** was a Communist. (As you can read in _Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus,_ by Rick Perlstein.) both Eisenhower and Khrushchev were bald, what other proof is needed. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/109 "2012-05-19T16:51:57Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > both Eisenhower and Khrushchev were bald, what other proof is needed. Even so, we still have a baldness gap! [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94340197](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94340197) > [@](#): > > To sum up: baldies hand off to hairies in perfect Russian synchrony. It could be a song (In fact, it now is: Click the audio link above to hear Jones’ observations as a duet, accompanied by Russian musicians). > > But not only does our story have rhythm, it has punch: Half of Russia’s recent leaders have been bald, or nearly so. > > Compare that to our own list of U.S. bald leaders: We have Ike. We have Gerry Ford. If the lighting is bad, we could slip in Warren Harding. It’s not an impressive record. We have what in Cold War days might have been called “A Baldness Gap” — and the Russians are winning. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/110 "2012-05-19T17:34:05Z")
> [@IntelliQ](#): > > It’s a damned fine site imo. Shame they hired someone from the early 90s to do the design. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/111 "2012-05-19T20:30:37Z")
I’ve even encountered a meme on other boards that the **Associated Press** has a liberal bias. Dunno where **that** came from! ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/112 "2012-05-20T13:11:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > All I’ve noticed is that when someone comes up with evidence that goes against your baseless questions(accusations), suddenly you are “not too concerned about it” and try to cast baseless assertions in other directions. You couldn’t have gotten that from this thread… sounds like somebody else went in another direction to me. But that’s ok…it must be tough to compete with the more intelligent left-wingers here. The gist of your post has to do with questions I raised in other OPs about certain television media outlets and their most identifiable faces…whether anybody thought they more represented one end of the spectrum or the other. Nothing that anyone could prove certainly, but some intellectually honest opinions would have been refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/113 "2012-05-20T13:50:30Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > You couldn’t have gotten that from this thread… sounds like somebody else went in another direction to me. But that’s ok…it must be tough to compete with the more intelligent left-wingers here. > > The gist of your post has to do with questions I raised in other OPs about certain television media outlets and their most identifiable faces…whether anybody thought they more represented one end of the spectrum or the other. Nothing that anyone could prove certainly, but some intellectually honest opinions would have been refreshing. The gist of my post answered your concerns in _this_ thread about the possibility of the majority of those running Snopes being liberal or Democrat. When i pointed out the _fact_ that it wasn’t a possibility, you declared that suddenly your _weren’t_ really concerned about Snopes, but > [@](#): > > Now, NPR, PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NYT, Time…that’s a different story. They certainly are a different story…and they are also a different topic. Talk about a shotgun approach to argument. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/114 "2012-05-20T13:59:16Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Snappy comeback but if you bothered to read you’d probably realize that I’m not too concerned about it. Now, NPR, PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NYT, Time…that’s a different story. Are you accusing them of something for which you have evidence, or are you…_ **Just Asking Questions?** _ ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/115 "2012-05-20T14:49:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Are you accusing them of something for which you have evidence, or are you…_ **Just Asking Questions?** _ What evidence would be acceptable to you? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/116 "2012-05-20T14:51:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The gist of my post answered your concerns in _this_ thread about the possibility of the majority of those running Snopes being liberal or Democrat. When i pointed out the _fact_ that it wasn’t a possibility, you declared that suddenly your _weren’t_ really concerned about Snopes, but They certainly are a different story…and they are also a different topic. Talk about a shotgun approach to argument. Try reading post #95 again. You might notice that I said that I wasn’t concerned but was there on \*\*Brain G’s \*\*multile invitations. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/117 "2012-05-20T16:07:45Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > What evidence would be acceptable to you? In this thread? None, because that isn’t the topic of this thread. In their own threads? Anything that isn’t a variation of “Just Asking Questions” or “I’d tell you, but you would just dismiss it anyway, so why bother?” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/118 "2012-05-20T16:55:59Z")
That’s not to say that all purported evidence is persuasive. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/119 "2012-05-20T20:31:20Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > You couldn’t have gotten that from this thread… sounds like somebody else went in another direction to me. But that’s ok…it must be tough to compete with the more intelligent left-wingers here. > > The gist of your post has to do with questions I raised in other OPs about certain television media outlets and their most identifiable faces…whether anybody thought they more represented one end of the spectrum or the other. Nothing that anyone could prove certainly, but some intellectually honest opinions would have been refreshing. And that’s what you **got** in [those](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650959) [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651622) – a lot of opinions more intellectually honest than yours. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796/120 "2012-05-21T12:56:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And that’s what you **got** in [those](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650959) [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=651622) – a lot of opinions more intellectually honest than yours. Opinions that weren’t related to my questions though. …and what is intellectully dishonest about my opinion that the large majority of people hosting news or political shows on those outlets are Democrats? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-snopes-com-have-a-liberal-bias/621796.md?page=7)