Table 2.
Examples of Reddit post titles, their sources, and toxicity scores.
Reddit post title | Editorialized by user? | Original Title if editorialized | Source | Toxicity Score |
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Georgia's Idiot Republican Governor Says He Didn't Know People Could Spread Covid Without Symptoms | No | Gizmodo | 0.90 | |
Trump ignorant son-in-law is running the corona response. That unacceptable. - Trump Admin is Nothing but a Ship of Criminal Fools. | Yes | Trump’s ignorant son-in-law is running the coronavirus response. That’s unacceptable. | Washington Post | 0.84 |
Shithole Company YouTube Takes Down Bio-Tech Firm's Video Explaining Potential UV Light Treatment for corona Patients | Yes | YouTube Takes Down Bio-Tech Firm’s Video Explaining Potential UV Light Treatment for Coronavirus Patients | Gateway Pundit | 0.71 |
Democrats cheering 'Black Lives Matter' protests now say Trump rallies pose corona risk | No | Fox News | 0.52 | |
The majority of Covid infections may be attributable to silent transmission from presymptomatic and asymptomatic cases. Symptom-based isolation must be supplemented by rapid contact tracing and testing that identifies asymptomatic and presymptomatic cases, to safely lift current restrictions. | Yes | The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 0.01 |