The fact that a lot of media didn't think Trump would win is unrelated to the fact that fake news is damaging to democracy.
Just like fake science is damaging to scientists. Fake scientific articles are read, quoted and shared through the scientific community and it can take a long time to weed out.
How many people still believe Obama is a muslim because they read it (repeatedly) on Facebook? I'm guessing millions.
The "curated news" is not a solution, its a bigger problem.
When you request top 10 voted posts thats what you get. Not the truth. If voters believe 1 like = 1 truth, then you have identified the problem with democracy that have always existed.
> Just like fake science is damaging to scientists. Fake scientific articles are read, quoted and shared through the scientific community and it can take a long time to weed out.
FB is only a platform for social media, not the source of news stories, so I found it irking they were calling FB to task on this.
The NYT claims to be a news journal, a source of news, and then openly admits bias. Fact-checking seems to be in question too. Maybe not fake news, but wishful news at best.
Just like fake science is damaging to scientists. Fake scientific articles are read, quoted and shared through the scientific community and it can take a long time to weed out.
How many people still believe Obama is a muslim because they read it (repeatedly) on Facebook? I'm guessing millions.