Facebook is going to fact-check stories, but who will check the checkers?

Easily debunked but highly clickable, fake news is becoming rampant online. Facebook has begun to employ “third party fact-checkers” to flag allegedly fake news. Users of Facebook will be able to flag posts they consider dubious and such posts are to be passed on to Snopes, Associated Press, and other “fact checker coalitions” to verify whether the content of the post is true or not. Who gets to decide for Facebook what source is legitimate and what is not? The trouble is, some of these groups have themselves been accused of partiality. RT correspondent Polly Boiko has the story. Then, media and legal analyst Lionel (of Lionel Media) joins RT’s Manila Chan to discuss this crucial issue. Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/ Or watch us online: http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/ Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTAmerica Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_America