Social media is being used to perpetuate false statements and to denigrate the main-stream media as biased and full of lies. Although I don’t always do it for facebook posts, it is important to debunk blatantly false statements from unreliable sources.
BHS makes a good point. Things taken out of context may be factually correct, but incomplete. I was thinking more of actual falsehoods - stating something is a fact when it is not true. But certainly there is spin and out of context statements on both sides of the political divide.
I would think that if there are examples of Snopes getting it wrong, it would be reported somewhere accessible via google. Those that decry bias in snopes would certainly report it.
Catahoula: Have you read the snopes entry on the case you allude to? It is very clear the basis for their findings of what is true and what is not and the actual sources are noted and quoted. I have yet to read anything that suggests the Snopes finding is inaccurate. What is your source for thinking is it not accurate?