And until the Daily Mail article it appears nobody else did either. He lays out how he came upon the story and all the steps he took to confirm it. I’m not sure what else he could have done. Did you expect him to write this 5 years ago? Why him? Why not another reporter?
You appear to be singling out this one reporter for having done a job, following up on the DM article, that nobody else did.
Incorrect. It has been known by any number of people that snopes was unreliable especially when it comes to political items.
You appear to be singling out this one reporter
I "singled out" this reporter because he is the one who wrote the article.
Should I have singled out his next door neighbor?
Sheesh!
And I am pointing out that this is something that anyone who did a small amount of digging knew years ago.
Using snopes as a fact check is like using Wikipedia for research. In both cases you are taking the word of people about which you know nothing.
As a starting place it is fine, but not as the source of all truth.
Like I said before he gets a small pat for suddenly noticing the work someone else did and deciding to fact check it.
He gets a kick for being naive for so long.