We've tried to do similar things to liberals. It just has never worked, it never takes off. You'll get debunked within the first two comments and then the whole thing just kind of fizzles out.
This is what happens at Free Republic. The problem is that the usual response is to delete the posting altogether, rather than identifying it as a HOAX and leaving it on the site for people to find with a title search. So, it gets posted over and over.
Jim, I've added you to the distribution to ask: can you change the moderation policy to edit the title on these hoax/fake articles to identify them as false, rather than deleting them altogether?
I posted a longer comment in #47, explaining my experience with fake news that is reposted over and over, and how some people "remember" fake news because they never learn it was identified as fake.
I think it might also be worthwhile to look at the posting history of people that post fake articles. Consider this quote from the article:
Then, we had our social media guys kind of go out and do a little dropping it throughout Trump groups and Trump forums and boy it spread like wildfire.
This guy is admitting to seeding fake news. If the same Free Republic user is posting fake news repeatedly, it may be a "troll" account. A warning may be appropriate, followed by a ban if he persists.
I think that’s a great idea. I remember seeing that very thing happen again and again with fake stories. You have to out the stories as fake, not just delete them. You have to make people aware that they’re being punked. That doesn’t happen if they just get deleted. Over the past year or so, planting fake stories has been a cottage industry of the left. Which, BTW, makes their current complaining about fake news a little pathetic. It was mainly their people doing it.