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An algorithm that points out discrepancies in news coverage is an interesting idea. Then it could just label discrepancies and let the audience judge each piece
by creaghpatr 10y ago
An algorithm that points out discrepancies in news coverage is an interesting idea. Then it could just label discrepancies and let the audience judge each piece of coverage in context for themselves.
Unless a 3rd party fact checker is an open-sourced algorithm I doubt anyone will accept their definition of 'fact' and 'fake'. Even then someone could game it.
- Senji 10y agoThere are certain real world institutions which are authoritative for certain data under their domain. Tax data, citizenship status, crime statistics, demographics statistics etc...
- nerfhammer 10y agoSort of related, newsdiffs.org is useful for telling when the New York Times silently edits articles, which can be pretty substantial sometimes.