Alt-News and Post-Truths in the "Fake News" Era

Fact checking must be done as a public good, but it's pointless to direct the results at those who can't change their mind and won't change the subject. Our focus should be on developing a set of online tools to facilitate the fact-checking process and make it easily accessible to tho...

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Published inComputer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 110 - 114
Main Author Berghel, Hal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.04.2017
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
alternative facts
fact checking
history of computing
News
Out of Band
Publishing
Reliability
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ISSN0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI10.1109/MC.2017.104

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Summary:Fact checking must be done as a public good, but it's pointless to direct the results at those who can't change their mind and won't change the subject. Our focus should be on developing a set of online tools to facilitate the fact-checking process and make it easily accessible to those who wish their truth straight up.
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ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/MC.2017.104