Fact Check by Google - Google fights fake news in search with 'fact check'

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Please tell me what the truth is big brother
It's hard to tell what the truth is. Quite easy to point out the lies.
attaboy. well said my friend.
Basically it's just a schema.org model for fact-checking websites. Nothing stops a fake news media outlet from using it.
I'm sure this isn't biased at all *cough Clinton health issues were filtered from results last election cough cough*
Jesus. I can't even get away from political bullshit on Product Hunt anymore. We are better than this, people. , it's a nice idea and I appreciate you making an effort to provide some sort of clarity for those who need it in this insanely weird/crazy world we live in right now.
Not sure why you're surprised. Google wants to organize the world's information, and when a bunch of it is bukkshit, that's a big problem space.
Although I understand the skepticism, this is so much better than a completely algorithmic approach, like Google takes with Instant Answer. Because IA are all algorithmic, they are gamed constantly to say things like "Barack Obama is a Muslim" or other nonsense. With this, at least there is some manual checking of the sources that Google presents as facts.
Still skeptical.
It's official I think PH needs a down vote option.
Google now curating the truth ~ funny. How can Google be trusted with the truth? Google has a shoddy record with the truth as evident with last year's primary and general presidential elections.
They're not. They're just putting fact-checkers work next to where it will do the most good.
Hmm...wonder who funds Snopes, PolitiFact, etc. Need a fact check on that one.
I think they had to do this considering recent media coverage surrounding the elections. Facebook seems be doing similar things too. More to come I expect!
Too much power in the hands of too big a giant
They're just re-routing fact-checks from 3rd party sources into their distribution channel
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