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Forgive me if I exercise a brand new buzzword but this project might better be classified as an exercise in "computational journalism" ? A fake news detector i
by crispyambulance 10y ago
Forgive me if I exercise a brand new buzzword but this project might better be classified as an exercise in "computational journalism" ?
A fake news detector isn't going to do anything by itself to solve the problem. Fake news consumers are going to guzzle the junk regardless of warning tags, scores, or nutritional labeling.
In the hands of a skilled journalist/activist/thought-leader whose abilities are "augmented" by this tool, however, it could really be a powerful antidote.