A Toronto cop stole a dead artist’s credit card. The wait for justice was ‘maddening’
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Lisa Lawler is convinced that other grieving families have been victims of similar thefts without their knowledge.

Lisa Lawler had no reason to suspect Const. Boris Borissov but now her opinion of police has changed — she’s convinced other grieving families have been victims of similar thefts

  • TheOakTree@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Wikipedia is hardly an authoritative source for political factoids.

    factoid: A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition.

    So tell me, what is an authoritative source of factoids?

    • Old_Geezer@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      So tell me, what is an authoritative source of factoids?

      I like Quora. Encyclopedia’s on print stock used to be the gold standard due to professional fact-checkers, Wikipedia is NOT an alternative to that medium IMHO. BTW, I did not know of the definition of Factoid — Had thought it was slang for Fact.

    • Old_Geezer@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      factoid: A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition.

      Actually, this is strictly an American definition. In original English, (Cambridge Dictionary) it means what I used it for: FACTOID | English meaning—Cambridge Dictionary I’m Canadian, and we use/follow the King’s English! July 19, 2023 — FACTOID definition: 1. an interesting piece of information, 2. an interesting piece of information. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/factoid