Was Dan Rather fact checked when he published the forged Texas Air National Guard memos? Was NBC fact checked when it blew up a pickup truck with a model rocket engine to prove they were dangerous? Was the entire media corps fact checked for having their noses up Hillary’s ample backside?
fabricated memos not forged. Forged implies the existence of an original document. Fabricated means made up.
Rather and CBS could not produce an original typewritten letter. If they had it could have been checked by the typewriters that the FBI keeps (I remember from my FBI tour that the FBI has every make and model of typewriter made).