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what an a incredi-fkin-ble surprise cjr.org/the_media_today/facebook-fact-checking.phpPermalink On twitter.com
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Facebook's 3rd party fact checking program manages to be the most predictably terrible thing it has ever done while also managing to be overtly insulting to everyone involved. medium.com/@aramzs/the-media-is-a-business-and-journalism-is-a-job-get-it-together-c1ba78a4df95Permalink On twitter.com
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Facebook's fact checking program's very existence is only due to the immense and unfair market pressure Facebook exerts not just on publications but on democracy, a force so strong and unchallenged that it creates a situation where fact checkers work for FB for free out of fear.On twitter.com
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Facebook makes billions of dollars. The idea that it couldn't properly fund the fact checker program, compensate the journalists involved, or prioritize the tooling it wants them to use is all you need to know about how much FB cares about fact checking.Permalink On twitter.com
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And by extent it also shows us exactly how much Facebook as an organization cares about protecting democracy. The answer is: it cares about democracy, journalism and facts only as long as they can be protected at No Additional Cost.Permalink On twitter.com
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