Michael Andrick on Fact-Checkers as Instruments of Censorship

„A fact-checking agency often serves as an instrument of censorship. The reason someone finances such an agency is to review and control certain press products and other media. The main motivation behind it is to instill in the public what is true or false, and to portray others' statements as questionable, obscure, or unreliable. This serves to morally polarize the political discourse by granting a seal of approval to some statements and not to others.

One can truly recognize these institutions as part of a repressive discourse environment only when one recognizes this moralism. The various methods by which political discussions are redirected into a negotiation about the truth, which one is now either allowed to acknowledge, or else one is a dissenter, a conspiracy theorist, a denier of something.“

Michael AndrickMichael Andrick views fact-checkers as instruments of censorship that morally polarize and control political discourse.
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Michael Andrick is a German philosopher, essayist, and non-fiction author.

Michael Andrick criticizes fact-checking agencies as instruments of censorship and moral polarization in political discourse.


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Quote by Michael Andrick about fact-checking agencies acting as instruments of censorship

Born in 1980 as Michael Krause, Michael Andrick is a German philosopher, essayist, and author of numerous non-fiction books. He regularly publishes articles on digitalization and philosophy in prominent media such as Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Wirtschaftswoche. Since 2021, he has been a columnist for the Berliner Zeitung.

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