News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Fact Checks.

Re:Fact Checks by swanson on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:32PM (#15529068)
Everyone: "We've got a problem with fake news and journalistic integrity on the internet."

Google engineers: "Oh, I can make an API for that!"

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Fact Checks by worldsayshi on Sunday October 22, 2017 @06:06PM (#15529238)
Well, this is a problem caused by technology to begin with.

I don't get the negativity directed to the intention of this. Sure you can criticise the particular execution.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Fact Checks by swanson on Sunday October 22, 2017 @06:24PM (#15529330)
Partisan fact checking -- which this effort intends to standardize and elevate -- is part of the problem, not the solution.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Fact Checks by zimpenfish on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:18AM (#15531588)
Can you explain this?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Fact Checks by Spivak on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:37PM (#15529879)
It's a problem that has always existed. We are only now more aware of it because there are fewer barriers to communication.

Technology is an easy scapegoat for what are very human problems.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Fact Checks by jkeat on Sunday October 22, 2017 @09:06PM (#15529979)
It's a problem that can't be stamped out, yes, but we should try to mitigate it, no?
[ Parent | on HN ]