Stop using Media Bias/Fact Check in research

This project began as a post about a year ago, in which we followed the provenance of the data from a study about misinformation until, at the bottom, we found Media Bias/Fact Check. Upon further examination, it turned out that Media Bias/Fact Check is just some guy, and upon him there rests a surprising amount of academic research. Abstract Media Bias/Fact Check (MBFC) purports to quantify the…