Find a common article about a major news event, copy some of the text out and search it on Google, it'l more than likely lead you back to AP or sites that rewrite AP's content verbatim.
> This is what the vast majority of news sites do.
This is not even remotely true.
> AP or sites that rewrite AP's content verbatim.
This is not what Snopes is accused of. To use all or part of an AP story's text alone or within another story is completely normal, it's what AP licensees pay for. "Rewriting" news stories entirely to avoid the need to credit the author and pay them is probably not uncommon among bloggers or something, but any news outlet will just license AP content, which is designed to be affordable. Posting unlicensed content copied verbatim in order to initially get higher SEO rankings and then changing (or failing to change) the text later on is what Snopes is accused of. It's remarkable that it took them so long to get caught, and it would be interesting to know about anyone else doing this.
Find a common article about a major news event, copy some of the text out and search it on Google, it'l more than likely lead you back to AP or sites that rewrite AP's content verbatim.