NY Times: How Fake News Goes Viral - A Case Study.

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Push triangulation. Hit at least three sources - one has to be outside your ideological vacuum chamber. Any one of the three betrays dubiousness, spread out to at least two more sources BEFORE reposting, tweeting, etc.

Proposal: Ask straight out - "Doesn't sound right. Did you triangulate your sources?" #triangulate The responder should be able to give three URLs upon request within a reasonable amount of time. Otherwise the tweet/post comes down.