A commenter told me my "debunk" of that 4.2 million view flooded street video left out the city's pump failure, and it split my comment section | Deconstructed Viral Claims - Vivisector
A commenter told me my "debunk" of that 4.2 million view flooded street video left out the city's pump failure, and it split my comment section
Half the people said leaving out context is the whole problem with viral claims and the other half said a debunk doesn't need to explain every cause, so where do you draw the line on how much context is enough?
The pump failure is the whole reason the street flooded, so calling the video fake without it is basically a half truth. Once you start picking which causes count you're just doing the same cherry picking the original poster did.