I’m not saying you should “just trust” but that you have an issue with trust that’s getting in the way of a healthy skepticism and exercising critical thinking. I’m all for distrusting the internet but you can’t just raze it all and call everything lies. Especially when you then turn around and spread hearsay.
You want me to give you my exact source where I learned this information years ago?
No, I want you to look it up in less than a minute. That’s less than half the time it took you to write your comment. It serves many purposes like:
Proving it to yourself as much as proving it to me
See how skeptic or gullible you may be by the type of source you do trust
Make sure we’re on the same page
Sticking to facts instead of relying on memories
You’re saying you don’t want to participate, so why should I trust you at all? Because In less than 30 seconds I found this:
We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to an investigation that indicates a co-founding editor engaged in plagiarism. The plagiarism was not related to Fact-Checks and they remain credible for fact-checking.
Two highly reliable sources mean they’re reasonably trustworthy, and way more trustworthy than you are, random chatter. And it turns out that what you remember from many years ago is quite different from reality.
So if you don’t want to participate in “a little act” that’s fine, but at least don’t spread false claims. After all, we do live in a society.