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24 alternatives to Planet Money - Finding The Fake-News King

NPR tracked down a fake-news creator in the suburbs

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Planet Money - Finding The Fake-News King launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1FN
   FakeBullshit.news – A fake fake news website▲18

   2017 · fakebullshit.news · its alternatives →

2. 2
   B.S. Detector▲227

   Identify fake news sources on Facebook in Chrome

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3TU
   The users behind Hacker News▲193

   2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Tagger News▲280

   A smarter version of Hacker News

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5TH
   This Hacker News Does Not Exist▲252

   2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6AC
   A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News▲183

   2018 · cryptonewsagency.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Reply All - #40 The Flower Child▲90

   Fascinating investigation into the man behind Ripoff Report

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Fresh Air - A 'Misadventure in the Start-up Bubble'▲56

   An interview with the man behind the Fake Steve Jobs blog

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Emergent▲94

   Real-time news lead rumor tracker.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10FH
    Fake Hacker News – See what HN has to say before you post▲107

    Hi HN! I’ve been lurking for a while, but out of fear of being steamrolled by HN readers or maybe just natural introversion, I’ve always been too scared to post or comment. Which is why 1. this is my first real Hacker News submission 2. my friend Michael and I built "Fake" Hacker News, a place to post and see what AI-generated HN comments might say. Here’s a video of me using fakeHN to test this very submission: https://www.loom.com/share/4b9f4f9d7c77489a86baeb92ec55a1ed?... And an example of one of our generated posts:…

    2023 · fakehn.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    HowFake▲7

    The Fake News Buster

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12FT
    Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

    2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →

13. 13TQ
    The Quibbler aggregates “fake news”▲10

    2017 · quibbler.press · its alternatives →

14. 14HN
    Hacker News implemented using the new API▲90

    2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

15. 15TI
    the iPhone version of News/YC, a Hacker News reader▲110

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16MP
    My Personal Hacker News Reader▲81

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17HN
    Hacker News Applets on IFTTT▲45

    2017 · ifttt.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Full Monty Show #19: Facebookpedia▲61

    We must reclaim reality in the wake of fake news

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19HN
    Hater News – Find trolls and anyone's hater level on Hacker News▲50

    2014 · haternews.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20SA
    SwiftHN, a Hacker News reader in Swift▲103

    2014 · dimillian.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21HN
    HackerNews News Recommender▲97

    2012 · normansoven.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AS
    Autobahn - Save Time on Hacker News▲95

    2012 · vlad.github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Fake News Monitor▲72

    A trustworthiness score to rank websites

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24HN
    Hacker News in real-time▲68

    2011 · hackerstream.com · its alternatives →

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