Spinning a Web of Lies at Digital Speed

Experimental sites like newstrust.net hope to create ratings systems from authorities who evaluate news articles on a range of criteria, and are themselves rated by the raters. (One of my articles was vetted by four reviewers and received a 4 out of 5 in terms of accuracy from its four reviewers.)

Fabrice Florin, the founder of News Trust, said sites like his would be crucial to flagging inaccuracy, though he said, “we probably wouldn’t be as ... Full Story »

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Fred Gatlin
3.8
by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 13, 2008

An interesting story regarding rumors and facts of stories placed on the Internet and their affect of false information. One sign that NewsTrust is advancing is that the author not only quotes Fabrice Florin but brags about the rating of another story that he wrote. These are small but important steps.

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Fred's Rating

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3.8

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3.7
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4.0
Fairness
4.0
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4.0
Sourcing
4.0
Style
4.0
Context
3.0
Depth
3.0
Enterprise
4.0
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
4.0
Credibility
4.0
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