> carry out their own individual on-site investigation This is the crux of the whole issue. Everyone's talking about "facts" but should be talking about "proof

> carry out their own individual on-site investigation This is the crux of the whole issue. Everyone's talking about "facts" but should be talking about "proof". We would need a vouching system where only people who possess evidence or can otherwise demonstrate proof will even have their vote counted. Who watches the watchman yada yada. The whole thing is an impossible feat. The best we as content consumers can do is only trust that which is created by trusted hardware (i.e., is actual live action video and not CGI) rather than that which is created by journalists or reporters of any reputation whatsoever.