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The only facts they could debunk would be the truly absurd (e.g. that this smoothie will extend your life by a decade!)

Or instances where insufficient evidence is used to draw an absolute conclusion.

I've seen them actually commit the latter where they fact check a politician's prediction based on an expert projection as if the expert is infallible.



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