In case you dont notice, FR posters often serve as fact checkers. Most recently the way the assault on the TV guy is covered here.
Also, I like the fact checking that goes on here on FR. There is a actual expert on the subject matter on just about any topic here. And if someone is blowing smoke it is quickly called out.
The "fact checking" that goes on in the mainstream media is blinded by an overwhelming partisan bias.
I mopiest almost anything on FB. I have over 800 Friends and family. Within an hour I usually get the counterpoint or something that disputes the post.