Badger's Law

Badger's Law states that the content of any website which contains the word "truth" in its name or URL contains anything but that. The law states:

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Someone is wrong on
The Internet
Log in:
v - t - e


“”Websites with the word "Truth" in the URL have none in the posted content.


In practice, this means that websites with this word in their name and/or URL can be considered webshites. Citing such webshites as a credible source is in turn a violation of Scopie's Law. WorldTruth.TV is a prime example of this.

Origins

The law was named in April 2016 on Facebook by the admin of the page "Genetically Modified Humans for Monsanto"[1] and has since quickly been taken over by other pro-science pages.[2][3]

Extension

Badger's Law also seems to apply in the cases of certain other words:

Possible exceptions

Note the Badger's Law has exceptions; in particular, it does not apply recursively (for example, "example.com/blog/my-experience-with-foobartruth-dot-org" is probably an acceptable primary source about "foobartruth.org"). It applies less strongly when the URL is in the form of a question ("example.com/blog/is-frank-telling-the-truth-about-his-encounter-with-mr-badger"), as many such cases fall under the scope of Betteridge's law.

gollark: Their electrical output is directly proportional to steam consumption in all cases.
gollark: Each steam engine uses *exactly* half the output of a boiler at maximum power output.
gollark: It doesn't help.
gollark: They aren't at all useful.
gollark: Why do you have pipes on the end of the steam engines?

See also

Exceptions to the rule

More seriously, there are actually some exceptions to the rule.

References
  1. https://www.facebook.com/GenMods4Monsanto/photos/a.348632358621103.1073741828.348578411959831/628851123932557/
  2. https://www.facebook.com/therealcrediblehulk/photos/a.892787380752581.1073741828.892778157420170/1162959590402024/
  3. https://www.facebook.com/You.keep.using/photos/a.421150881298641.102335.415508481862881/1021569427923447/
  4. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-truth-about-guns/
  5. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/exposing-the-truth/
  6. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-elkhart-truth/
  7. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/citizen-truth/
  8. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/truthdig/
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