We've always known this, but it's the first time Facebook has admitted it

you didn’t really believe us, did you?

Facebook acknowledges that its “fact-checks” are merely the opinions of staff, and aren’t intended to be understood as signifying an actual finding of — you know, “fact”.

It makes no matter to me, but apparently professional writers and reporters find it annoying, even libelous, to be labeled liars by the operators of widely-used social media platform.