The Associated Press Announces It Is Joining The ‘Fight Against The Scourge’ Of Fake News

‘One by one, all the mainstream media outlets are announcing they will join Facebook’s “fight” against “fraudulent stories” and the “scourge of fake news” to be defined arbitrarily by said media outlets. First it was “fact-checkers” such as Snopes and Politifact, now it’s AP, and soon to follow, the rest of the mainstream.
The fight against fake news
As part of its broader fact-checking efforts, The Associated Press announced Thursday that it will work with Facebook to help identify and debunk trending “news” stories being shared online that are false.
AP stories dispelling patently false trending news articles already appear on the AP wire, on APNews.com and on the AP News app. These stories, which will now say “AP Fact Check” in the headline, include details on AP’s efforts to verify the facts in fake news stories.’
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