Gregory's Server@tomw I think unfortunately that is one of the elements driving the phenomena of weaponized fake news. People are so used to coming into a news article via a link or a feed, that as long as the page passes the smell test on a single page, it's good enough.
Like I have been routinely shocked at how many major fake news articles going viral just straight up have lorem Ipsum on the about page, or use another paper's legal statements, complete with the name.
@msprout Yes for sure - there's no need to even have a track record of other articles, the vast majority won't check. (I mean, a lot of people share without even clicking the link, if it appears to confirm something they want to believe.)