What are the credentials of MBFC? A physiology degree on behalf of Dave Van Zandt and...?
MBFC doesn't even have a methodology for scoring. There's no formula and it's entirely a subjective grading.
Their scores are worse than useless
Do we know anything about the founder of MBFC, Dave Van Zandt, other than what he's claimed? No, not really. Why, then, are we trusting his word on everything?
MBFC again and again. Do we know anything about MBFC that isn't published on the MBFC site? Nobody knows who Dave Van Zandt is. His only credentials are: he's registered as non-affiliated, he's interested in politics, he has a physiology degree and works in healthcare, he has a "keen eye," he's been "doing this for a long time," and he has a website.
His methodology is entirely subjective and his primary source of credibility is that people like you use his site.
Their methodology is arbitrary to the point of being incoherent.
Now, maybe if you could find this guy's credentials it might give him a bit more credence. Oh, that's right. You can't.
Have you looked at their methodology? It wouldn't pass a basic university-level writing course.
I mean, it's a bit of both. At the end of the day, the idea of democracy isn't to flip flop between fascist regimes that imprison each other, right?
It's really not. MBFC is run by a single guy. It's methodology is basically worthless. It's basically one dude's opinion on what news sources he likes to read.
What do we know about that guy? Not much. He happens to share the same name as a very prominent lawyer/professor, which makes finding details about him very challenging.
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