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Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by max46 on Friday August 13, 2021 @01:35PM (#28171929)
>You can, but it will then be obvious to anyone familiar with the references

The whole point of "fact checkers" is to be used by people who are not expert on the subject

Re:Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized articles und... by dragonwriter on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:44PM (#28174938)
> The whole point of "fact checkers" is to be used by people who are not expert on the subject

A fact checker is a (usually tertiary, like an encyclopedia, providing references to primary and secondary sources) source that is distinguished by focussing on current, controversial claims. There is nothing more a "fact checker" can be. That's not a failing, that's an inherent limitation given the nature of facts.