I don't use them for political fact checking in the nuanced sense of, for instance, how much repealing Obamacare will add to the deficit. Something that is ope

I don't use them for political fact checking in the nuanced sense of, for instance, how much repealing Obamacare will add to the deficit. Something that is open for interpretation, difficult to nail down, and politically sensitive. That kind of thing is not their specialty. I do use them to see if headlines are completely made up. For instance, take the story, "FBI agent suspected in Hillary email leaks found dead in apartment in murder-suicide" This simply didn't happen, and the source is a website masquerading as a news organization. Snopes is good for rooting out stories such as this, that have no corroboration, no basis in fact or reality. http://www.snopes.com/fbi-agent-murder-suicide/ http://www.snopes.com/fbi-agent-murder-suicide/