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

[ColemanMaskell]

67. How easy is it to spot "Fake News" if you don't consider the source(the site) ?

Real News vs Satire (one flavor of “Fake News”) – Is it that Easy to Spot the Difference?

Not always.

An example of jarring similarity

CNN (Real news article)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/health/abortion-texas-lawmaker-trnd/

Texas bill would fine men $100 each time they masturbate
By Isabelle Chapman, CNN
Updated 5:42 PM ET, Mon March 13, 2017

(CNN) A Texas lawmaker has proposed a bill that would fine a man $100 each time he masturbates.
The bill also imposes a 24-hour waiting period if a guy wants a colonoscopy or a vasectomy, or if he's in the market for some Viagra.
Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Democrat, knows her bill isn't going to get very far. But she proposed it last week to make a point and give male lawmakers a taste of their own medicine.
. . .
Farrar's bill would penalize men for masturbation because such behavior is a failure to preserve the sanctity of life and "an act against an unborn child." . . .


The above came only a couple months after the following satire (“fake news”) article:
http://www.burrardstreetjournal.com/female-legislators-unveil-male-ejaculation-bill/

Female Legislators Unveil ‘Male Ejaculation Bill’ Forbidding The Disposal Of Unused Semen
By the Burrard Street Journal Monday, January 23, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC (By J. McConkey)—A group of leading female legislators have enacted a new bill that forbids American men from disposing of “unused” sperm, requiring them to bring any recreational semen to a nearby fertility clinic.
According to noted alternative facts specialist, Stephanie Yorke, sperm is intended for “procreation only” and not to be “wasted” on pleasure:
“Any sperm not being used for the purpose of procreation must be immediately donated to a sperm bank,” Yorke warned. “Failure to do so will lead to hefty fines . . .