dimwit wrote:Ok I had to look up the European Union Times to see what it was about. Conspiracy websites not exactly being my forte.
Just out of interest where did you look it up? Is there a quick and easy reference work to consult for sites? In this case a quick skim plus the fact the article referred to The Alex Jones News show in approving tones was sufficient to indicate it's nature.
As for Snopes - My impression is that it is a pretty good source. It's not perfect of course and I am sure there are examples of mistakes made. However, on the whole it strikes me as a worthy and reasonable effort to get at the facts. The only specific criticism I have seen is that it is insufficiently sympathetic to right wing views and alternative facts which automatically means it is extremely left wing. The possibility that it isn't particularity sympathetic to right wing views and prejudices because it is (more or less) unbiased is never considered. I always felt the same about Wikipedia in spite of the muttering (in the past mostly) from the right wing. It's generally pretty good and on many topics, very good.