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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Gerard Barberi
3.2
by Gerard Barberi - Oct. 13, 2008

Jay Adelson advocating transparency? He may want to consider practicing some on Digg.

Jay Adelson advocating transparency? He may want to consider practicing some on Digg.

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