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Fake news is sickening. But don’t make the cure worse than the disease. - The Washington Post
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Asked who should tackle the problem, respondents gave about equal weight to government, tech companies such as Facebook and Google, and the public... The term “fake news” is fuzzy... disinformation, propaganda, conspiracy-mongering or ... “very biased takes on public affairs”
Eli Pariser... online clearinghouse for potential solutions... All of these ideas are open to claims of bias... We all must get smarter about what we’re reading and viewing. Schools should be redoubling their efforts to teach news literacy, civics and history. News literacy organizations deserve more support than ever. Fact-checking, and good judgment, informed by radical skepticism, matter most. And yes, a slower trigger finger on the share buttons.
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