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There should be a clear distinction between news that are factually false and those that share viewpoints that are counter to the mainstream. Labeling the latte
by Leary 7y ago
There should be a clear distinction between news that are factually false and those that share viewpoints that are counter to the mainstream. Labeling the latter "disinformation" is a mere act of political speech.
- specialist 7y agoI respectfully disagree. I just want two things. 1/ Show your work. Data, code, citations, attributed quotes, whatever. 2/ Sign your work. Then everyone so inclined can determine truthiness at their leisure. Just like with academic publishing. Omitting 1 means it's just opinion, 2 means gossip, both means propaganda.
- smsm42 7y agoThere should be. We've tried it with "fact checkers". Most devolved into political operators rather quickly. Apparently it's not so easy to do, and probably not because we lack technology.