Should DU have an alert or policy for posts with suspected fake news sources?

[ColemanMaskell]

13. Link to an extensive list of fake (and satire) new sites

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Link to list of 376 sites deemed not credible news (includes Breitbart, Borowitz, and Bipartisan Report)

http://www.fakenewschecker.com/

Click the arrowhead > at the right of any name in the list to display a brief detail page on why it is listed.

Also the site has other options in the header bar. One lists recent articles -- get to it directly with this link:

http://www.fakenewschecker.com/fake-news-articles

Fake News Within Past 48 Hours
(The actual list of articles, just for the last 48 hours, is too long to cut-and-paste here)

Note that the site includes on its list many non-news sources that could be mistaken for news, especially satire (such as the Borowitz Report) and editorial, commentary, and opinion that leans left or right.

The fact that Breitbart and Borowitz are both on the list does not imply any equivalence between the two sites in any way except that neither can be believed as a news source.

Also note that the list is not exhaustive. The National Enquirer, for one example, is not listed, though most often its front page headlines are obviously outrageously false. The very funny political satire in e-newspaper format "Burrard Street Journal" is not listed. So just because something isn't on the list doesn't mean anything it says is true.