You would think users are savvy enough not to trust non-mainstream websites. We have found the best way to avoid fake news, is to read the "good" stuff. Instead

You would think users are savvy enough not to trust non-mainstream websites. We have found the best way to avoid fake news, is to read the "good" stuff. Instead of trying to determine if an article is bad, we try to see how good an article is. It is an important difference in how we approach the news. The only way to truly understand a topic is to read many viewpoints and make an independent decision. But who really has time for all that? A plug for what we are working on : https://www.thefactual.com/static/extfaq.html https://www.thefactual.com/static/extfaq.html I linked to the FAQ on purpose, since it might answer some of the questions you might have. We analyze articles everyday from tons of news sources, score them for bias, reputation of the author, reputation of the site and how opinionated the writing is. Our software then clusters articles based on what story its covering and then rank and sort them. It's all available for free. We even have a daily newsletter : https://www.thefactual.com https://www.thefactual.com Sorry if this comes across as too promotional. But we see the problem being mentioned in a lot of places and it's exactly what we have been trying to solve and would love to get more people to use it and give feedback.