Ask HN: Is there any accreditation body or credential for online news sites?
It seems like much of the fake news controversy that surfaced around the election could have been prevented if there was an organization that gave sites credentials verifying that they are legitimate news sources. This way, Facebook and Google (and any aggregator for that matter) could give higher standing to articles from accredited sites and lower to those from sites not accredited. If it doesn&#x27;t exist yet, would such a body end up surfacing from one of the big internet players, or should it be an independent body?