Google applies the brakes to fake news
In a fight against the type of “offensive or clearly misleading” results that make up about 0.25-percent of daily search traffic, Google has outlined new efforts to stymie the spread of fake news and other low-quality content like unexpected offensive materials, hoaxes and baseless conspiracy theories.
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Not stopping “the onion” and other satire news I hope.
Also, not limiting news stories to those copied from that monopoly called Reuters I hope. Allowing news stories by people who actually we’re present at historical events, not just reporters.
What about fake news stories generated by governments for propaganda purposes? Including those from Western governments. I have heard that Western governments still have ability to insert false news stories in news media.
The worst fake news is that supplied by the secret services to heads of government. Russia would be the most immune because heads of government there tend to have intimate knowledge of how secret services work.
Have you watched “China forbidden news” on TV? It’s quite biased, but in a way that offsets the bias from official news sources.
>The worst fake news is that supplied by the secret services to heads of government. Russia would be the most immune because heads of government there tend to have intimate knowledge of how secret services work.
You do realise that most Russian news media is run by the government…
Bubblecar said:
>The worst fake news is that supplied by the secret services to heads of government. Russia would be the most immune because heads of government there tend to have intimate knowledge of how secret services work.You do realise that most Russian news media is run by the government…
Are you putin us on ?
The organisation Reporters Without Borders compiles and publishes an annual ranking of countries based upon the organisation’s assessment of their press freedom records. In 2016 Russia was ranked 148th out of 179 countries, six places below the previous year, mainly due to the return of Vladimir Putin. Freedom House compiles a similar ranking and placed Russia at number 176 out of 197 countries for press freedom for 2013, putting it level with Sudan and Ethiopia. The Committee to Protect Journalists states that Russia was the country with the 10th largest number of journalists killed since 1992, 26 of them since the beginning of 2000, including four from Novaya Gazeta. It also placed Russia at number 9 in the world for numbers of journalists killed with complete impunity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_of_Russia
I did at one point make a list of items that I considered to be “not news” but that appeared to be the mainstay of all official news media. I can’t remember the full list but it included topics such as:
Politician opens mouth.
Crucification of a sportsman.
Incitement of hatred.
mollwollfumble said:
I did at one point make a list of items that I considered to be “not news” but that appeared to be the mainstay of all official news media. I can’t remember the full list but it included topics such as:Politician opens mouth.
Crucification of a sportsman.
Incitement of hatred.
Made up outrage or some new stupid fad
Some people saw some thing on the internet = “viral”
furious said:
- or some new stupid fad
Some people saw some thing on the internet = “viral”
That as well.
Even most science news masquerades as science fiction breakthrough/world changing
Cymek said:
furious said:
- or some new stupid fad
Some people saw some thing on the internet = “viral”
That as well.
Even most science news masquerades as science fiction breakthrough/world changing
I think Readers Digest announced the discovery of a new cure for cancer dozens of times
mollwollfumble said:
Cymek said:
furious said:
- or some new stupid fad
Some people saw some thing on the internet = “viral”
That as well.
Even most science news masquerades as science fiction breakthrough/world changing
I think Readers Digest announced the discovery of a new cure for cancer dozens of times
In fairness, there have been dozens of new cancer cures
Most real life serious events that I am personally aware of and were also reported in the media were inaccurate, incomplete and biased.
I can think of 3 cases off the top of my head where by the media reports were incomplete , one famous case was revisited and a person connected with the case was supposed to tell the real story but the real story remains suppressed even today.
Upon reflection not all stories can be fully divulged because true details are often too much and risk disrespecting those directly involved but this should never hamper vitals points being reported or suppressed to the point that a royal commission is required to recover suppressed reports that hampered safe guarding children in the school systems and child services system as a huge example of gross misconduct at many levels.