Though there are fact - checking websites in the U.S.
like Snopes, a threat of this magnitude requires more than just citizen - run or private organization - operated programs.
If an outside fact checker
like Snopes had debunked the original post, that could appear in Related Articles too.
The first thing that comes to mind when talking about crap detection is sites
like Snopes and FactCheck.org, which you use can use to quickly check if something is fact or fiction.
From there, a group of fact - checkers — from groups
like Snopes, ABC News, the Poynter Institute — will determine if the story is, in - fact, untrue.
Some of the articles in the fact - check section are from leading fact - checking sites
like Snopes and PolitFact, as well as recognizable news organizations such as the BBC.
Not exact matches
The company has taken a number of steps to try to stamp out fake news, including setting up a process whereby it takes fact - checking and verification efforts from third - party outlets
like Politifact and
Snopes, and shows users when a particular story is being questioned or has been debunked.
A couple of links claiming the opposite do show up, but they're well down from skeptical articles from the
likes of
Snopes, CNN and the Obama campaign itself.
It looks
like the kind of story that would be quickly debunked by a search on
Snopes, but as the message is being delivered by Jerry Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, I'm going to assume that it is legitimate.