TruthBuzz: Announcing the winners! by Oren Levine.
From the post:
Caricatures of politicians, time-lapse videos and an app modeled on a classic video game were among the winners of TruthBuzz, the Viral Fact-Checking Challenge.
Organized by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) with support from the Craig Newmark Foundation, the TruthBuzz contest aimed to find new ways to help verified facts reach the widest possible audience. The competition sought creative solutions to take fact-checking beyond long-form explanations and bullet points.
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The goal of the contest was to “…make the truth go viral…,” which the winners did with style.
Except no distinction is offered between the spread of fake/false news and “truth.”
Enjoy reading about the winners but then ask yourself:
Could these same techniques be used to spread fake/false news?
My answer is yes.
What’s yours?
PS: My answer to why fake/false news spreads unchecked? There are fewer ad dollars in corrections than headline stories. You?