Inside Snopes' increasingly prominent fact-checking operation, which added 12 staffers a couple years ago and saw a record ~2.5M uniques the day after election
SAN DIEGO — The last line of defense against the torrent of half-truths, untruths and outright fakery that make up so much of the modern internet … Tweets: @digiphile , @fritinancy , @brooklynmarie , @doctrine_man , @balajis , @brianstelter , and @getbrice . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Alex Howard / @digiphile : In 2014, @Snopes professionalized, adding a dozen staff “just in time to become the go-to debunking site for an election full of venom” http://twitter.com/... Nancy Friedman / @fritinancy : “I really like telling people they're wrong.” — @brooklynmarie, managing editor of @snopes. http://www.nytimes.com/... Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie : I mean it's such a profound pleasure and yes I do realize what that says about me https://twitter.com/... Doctrine Man / @doctrine_man : When Snopes becomes front page news, it's a sad commentary on our society. http://fb.me/... Balaji S. Srinivasan / @balajis : All animals were equal, but some were more equal than others. http://www.nytimes.com/... pic.twitter.com/uIcY03q5yp Brian Stelter / @brianstelter : “People aren't necessarily getting the media literacy they need, so they're just kind of panicking” http://www.nytimes.com/... Brian Rice / @getbrice : “Rationality seems to have fallen out of vogue,” said Brooke Binkowski, Snopes's managing editor. http://www.nytimes.com/... #fakenews #truth http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer