Subject: Re: NYC HS Students Forced....
Kind of like the Academy Awards telling the rest of us who the best actress is even though many may see it otherwise.

That's true for some categories, but for other categories peers know who really achieved superior product and who simply 'mailed it in.'

As to the websites that assess truthfullness, it's not a purely subjective endeavor.

One can measure the frequency with which a media source creates or repeats lies, prints retractions, doubles down on lies, responds to the liars within its stable. It's not rocket science determining which way these sources lean.