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:

Badger badger badger badger badger, mushroom mushroom.
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: Well, it should support the network time protocol, obviously?
gollark: Network time protocol.
gollark: NO!
gollark: <@319753218592866315> Why doesn't Esobot use SQLite? Does it have NTP support?
gollark: Lanius B, yes.

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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