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comment by acyclicks

Do you think fake news isn't an issue, or just that the PropOrNot list is too aggressive?

I've only just started worrying about fake news as a real issue after NYT posted an article today on a fake news article Flynn tweeted.

The article doesn't make any claims that are easy to fact check. They claim to have received their information directly from NYPD. But their domain was only registered in March, and they've chosen to use domainsbyproxy to hide their identities. The only contact information I can find for them is their News Tips page, which is just an email contact form, and a map showing they are located in Philadelphia, but no specific address. It seems really unlikely to me that NYPD would choose to send this information exclusively to this brand new Philadelphia website with no contact information

It's so much effort to debunk these articles. Do you think that evidence is even convincing enough?