"Pizzagate" was a fake news story which connected a pizzeria with a child pornography ring allegedly run by Hillary Clinton and John Podesta. On Sunday, December 3, 2016, an armed shooter entered the pizzeria and fired a shot before being accosted by the police.
This article discusses "post-truth", the idea that all news outlets will fail you eventually and it's impossible to know who to trust. It provides some commonsense advice on what to look for in a news outlet.
A brief selection of things to look for when determining the fakeness of news.
Lost News and Preservation
How to Find Lost News
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine is a nonprofit digital library that archives web pages. To use its Wayback Machine, enter the URL of the site you are looking for. It will search for that address and display the page, if it is available.
End of Term Web ArchiveThis site first harvested Federal Government web pages in 2008 at the end of the Bush administration and continues to ensure government information is accessible to the public.
Data Refuge archives federal data and supports climate and environmental research and advocacy.
How to Preserve Digital Information
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine You can add to the Internet Archive by copying and pasting the URL of the web page you would like to save.
Perma.cc Developed by the Harvard Law School Library, Perma.cc archives web pages and makes them easily retrievable.