[nradov]

Lack of fact checking on the Internet is a bigger problem than nuclear weapons or anthropogenic global change? I doubt it.

[snicksnak]

And who checks the fact checkers? Just 20 years ago the news media landscape was very different, the outlets had so much power, so much in fact, that they played a vital role in convincing the american public to go war. Totally unchecked. Now the lost their monopoly and therewith their power and they don't like it.

[wombatpm]

I would love an automated way to submit articles to googlish fact checker. Something that auto categorized opinion from facts and provided links to support fact classification from a user selected list of sources.

[tensor]

It is, because misinformation is the biggest factor in stopping humanity from addressing these big issues.