Google Serves Fake News Ads in an Unlikely Place: Fact-Checking Sites – The New York Times

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Google Serves Fake News Ads in an Unlikely Place: Fact-Checking Sites

Google placed ads linking to blatantly bogus stories on Snopes and PolitiFact, sites created precisely to dispel such falsehoods.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/technology/google-fake-ads-fact-check.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The headlines are eye-catching. Melania Trump is leaving the White House! Home renovation cable star Joanna Gaines has abandoned her HGTV show and husband Chip Gaines! Televangelist Joel Osteen is leaving his wife!