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So how is this "built to minimize misinfo"? Is it just because it has "real journalists", and why should a journalist spend their time posting there? How is it
by KomoD 3y ago
So how is this "built to minimize misinfo"? Is it just because it has "real journalists", and why should a journalist spend their time posting there?
How is it better than just visiting Google News? Also are you allowed to rehost another company's content, like you are with Reuters?
And "All of the posts on the site come from real journalists", what determines a real journalist, and do you consider every person who posts for Reuters to be a "real" journalist, and how is a bot that reposts other company's content meant to follow your "editorial policy"?
And the last one, "their livelihoods come from a reputation for accuracy" this isn't really true is it, their livelihoods come from clicks?
- jaredwiener 3y agoLots to unpack here -- but I will try. First, the overarching point -- about the livelihoods coming from accuracy. I think you are confusing a publisher's business model with a reporter's ability to continue to be hired. If a reporter is caught making things up, that generally is the end of their career. (See Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass, etc) We license Reuters reporting, so we are not just "rehosting another company's content." And yes, we have had conversations with Reuters and are confident they are also following our editorial policy, and if that were to change, then we would address it. We speak with the individual reporters we onboard, verifying they are who they say they are, and that they understand the editorial policy as well. And we reserve the right to take action if that trust is violated.