I recently became aware of a workshop on credibility called WICOW, or the Workshop on Information Credibility on the Web. There’s a lot of good research that’s being done here and it’s encouraging to see that its being included in the International World Wide Web Conference too. There is a consistent theme however, that I [...]
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Fact Today, False Tomorrow
Verification in reverse is defined as the politicized unmaking of solid fact.
This term was introduced to me by Jay Rosen a couple of weeks ago while listening to the August 30th podcast of “Rebooting the News”. The term made me a little angry at first – I don’t like politics and the thought of being [...]
Assume Accuracy on the Web at Your Own Risk
One of the strongest arguments to date regarding the need for accountability was released Monday by the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), who released the results of a survey and report entitled “Magazines and Their Websites“. The New York Times pounced on the story a day before the release reporting that “Survey Finds Slack Editing on [...]
