You have described most articles from the lamestream media.
Free Republic was founded as a way to post and critique articles from major news outlets that were demonstrably wrong or biased.
Hoaxes fall into that category. Free Republic should discredit those, not ignore them.
Perhaps the title can include that it is a hoax or an article to be debunked. Most of those that are to be debunked are easy to spot . . . I’m talking about those that proclaim something that might excite a conservative only to find out that it is from a source without credibility.