Yeah, snopes…

[lawnchairboy]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/snopes-retracts-54-stories-suspends-181713596.html

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/snopes-co-founder-admits-to-plagiarism/

 

fountain of truth.

[Lowndes]

What worries me is that so many believe so much of this rubbish without question.

[szurszewski]

Well, being a snopes fan I went over to fact check you ( ;) ) and it turns out you’re right. Certainly no excuse for the plagiarism and it absolutely undermines their credibility, though I was glad to see - so far - it seems that the transgressions are all copyright violations, and that they weren’t fabricating stories/facts/etc.  

 

I was particularly disappointed to see that while they did address it on the front page it was not at the top - I had to scroll past quite a few other things to find their statements. 
 

Though I have looked to snopes for years for urban legend type stuff I didn’t realize they’d become so involved in more current event/political “facts” lately. Maybe that wasn’t a great idea for them. 
 

On the brighter side, having been an occasional reader of The Onion for many years, I was a amused to find out about the Babylon Bee. They’ve got some funny stuff there (and clearly - the pieces I read anyway - satirical).