Comment by aeternum

Very few statements are entirely true or entirely false. So let's not pretend like "fact-checking" is an ideal.

Whoever is doing the "fact-checking" wields great power that can very easily be abused or subverted, similar to the ministry of truth in 1984. This is what people are concerned about.

And while that is clearly an extreme, even a small bias in the fact-check is greatly amplified given the number of users on Twitter/Facebook/etc.