Amazingly, it seems, that as adults we’re being re-introduced into the notion that lying, misleading or misinforming should come with consequences. Craig Silverman recently shared his experiences at the CUNY event that was focused on the fact-checking movement. In one of Craig’s final points he had this thought:
That said, the concept of exacting a cost [...]
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Remember When Lying had Penalties?
Want Some Facts With Your News?
About two months ago, Jay Rosen wrote a blog piece about his give-and-take with the mainstream media via Twitter where he was making an attempt to propose fact checking initiatives by the major networks competing in the Sunday Morning market. The gist of the piece is a recount of Rosen’s attempts to contact different parties [...]
Veracity’s Future Relies on Preserving Its Past
Occasionally it’s easy to feel like Winston Smith, the main protagonist (or arguably the antagonist) in George Orwell’s novel, 1984. In the past month, there are two such instances that could cause the reader to wonder, nay recoil, about current attempts to present history in such a manner as to deliberately benefit present political agendas. [...]
