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If only there was a group of people dedicated to archiving content... I dunno, maybe archive.org (aka "The Internet Archive")? They even have a CNN section inc
by TheDong 8y ago
If only there was a group of people dedicated to archiving content... I dunno, maybe archive.org (aka "The Internet Archive")?
They even have a CNN section including a full recording of their broadcast on the morning of 9/11 [0]. I'm not going to waste the time watching this to see if they miss-reported some detail or not because I've got better things to do.
I don't see how blockchain helps here still; the problem with storing video is that copyright is complicated and there's a lot of it which costs a lot to store, not that we don't have the means to store and audit it.
> that level of trust and audibility would be nice in this era of conspiracies and fake news
Being able to see changes to articles doesn't actually help with those problems. Better journalistic practices help. People thinking critically helps. Removing the absurd click-bait headlines we've ended up on might help. Making news not be for-profit might help (related to the former). Changing the format of the fake news doesn't make it any less fake.
It seems like blockchain is being used as this idealistic thing which surely, if implemented, would not suffer from as many or more flaws than the status quo, when in reality no blockchain based thing has reached mainstream usability or mainstream users yet (arguably excepting bitcoin).
[0]: https://archive.org/details/CNN_20010911_130000_CNN_Live_This_Morning https://archive.org/details/CNN_20010911_130000_CNN_Live_Thi...