Update: Post pulled due to original story being fake. Whoops.
Update: Now I’m totally confused. I’ll update this when I know what’s going on. We’ll see whether this post’s title was right or not. :-)
Update: Right, story checking policy.
- Check the original page, read all of it, check the design.
- Check the site, evaluate the site name, read the front, about and copyright pages.
- Google the site name and get the WHOIS information for the domain.
- Google the author name.
- If any of this causes you to think that the story might be a joke or a plant, drop it and inform your source.
Do this for any funny, ironic or major stories.