For what it's worth, it's almost never the case that the lack of proof of the identity of a news article author is what causes it to be fake news. More often, it's:
- a fact that has been distorted to be interpreted in a 180 degree way (Americans paying tariffs to the US Gov for buying Chinese goods = Trump saying "China is finally paying us!"), or
- a total untruth slipped in between valid concerns (like the fake Russian Black Lives Matter pages piggybacking off of civil rights abuses mentioned by the American Black Lives Matters campaigns), or just
- incitement of uncertainty in more or less solved problem domains (anti-vaxxers)
If you are interested in learning about more (failed attempts at) verified news platforms, though, try looking up verrit, and pravduh
