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Science journalism can be evidence-based, compelling – and wrong
- magic_owl 10y agoThe problem here is the business model, Nature and The Economist don't need clickbait to make money, the NYT and Daily Mail do. Short of censuring "false information", how can you regulate the truth online keeping in mind that it's globally connected and there is a massive financial incentive to distribute fake news? It's a dilemma where regulators have no good options, but the relative laissez-faire attitude democratic governments have led to everyone living in echo chambers on Facebook and having half the population on any given issue disagree on measurable facts.