Comment by dead-snake

I agree with you. I remember Snopes being really useful. I don't think I ever foresaw it being corrupted... your idea that politics corrupted it seems plausible. On the other hand, more generally, it seems like whenever any entity becomes so useful that many eyes are on it, it becomes like a magnet for corruption. In other words, it becomes a tasty target. Maybe Snopes is a victim of its own success.