Mediatwits #149: Lies And Viral Content: Can They Be Stopped?

Jefferson Yen, MediaShift
Fri, 02/27/2015 - 4:05am

In journalism, it begins and ends with credibility. It’s what allows news organizations to rise above the noise of online chatter. Unfortunately, it seems that in the effort to chase traffic and capitalize on viral content, media companies are propagating misinformation far more often than they are debunking rumours. According to Craig Silverman’s report for […] Please visit PBS MediaShift for the full story.

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