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YouTube Is Fighting Conspiracy Theories With 'Authoritative' Context and Outside Links (theverge.com)
In an effort to reduce misinformation on YouTube, the video-sharing website will be adding "authoritative" context to search results about conspiracy-prone topics, as well as putting $25 million toward news outlets producing videos. YouTube made the announcement today as part of a new step in its Google News Initiative, a journalism-focused program that aims to help publishers earn revenue and combat fake news. The Verge reports: This update includes new features for breaking news updates and long-standing conspiracy theories. YouTube is implementing a change it announced in March, annotating conspiracy-related pages with text from "trusted sources like Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica." And in the hours after a major news event, YouTube will supplement search results with links to news articles, reasoning that rigorous outlets often publish text before producing video.
YouTube is also funding a number of partnerships. It's establishing a working group that will provide input on how it handles news, and it's providing money for "sustainable" video operations across 20 markets across the world, in addition to expanding an internal support team for publishers.
YouTube is also funding a number of partnerships. It's establishing a working group that will provide input on how it handles news, and it's providing money for "sustainable" video operations across 20 markets across the world, in addition to expanding an internal support team for publishers.
Sorry, must have missed that post on media matters where they denied the Sandy Hook shooting took place and called the grieving parents of dead children crisis actors.
Guess you missed the part where media matters said that the ACA would reduce costs, and instead it dumped 30m more people into poverty with the loss of their insurance. Or their talking point specialists which could be dropped at a turn of a hat, if they said the wrong thing. But had unlimited access to all of the major TV networks in the US.
Om, nomnomnom...
Wrong wrong wrong. CBS did verify the memos for the accuracy of their content. If they were forged - which has never been proven - someone forged the truth.
And bitch, please, it's not as if every reporter, anchor and editor who repeated the outright lies on Iraq was castigated, much less suspended, much less fired for taking part in the very worst propaganda in modern times. Wingnuts have created this standard that applies to just one person, because it fits your biases.
Yes, National Pentagon Radio is quite biased. Just 180 degrees from where you think it is.