Mediagazer: As tech companies embrace fact-checking to prove they are active in trying to stop misinfo, fact-checking orgs' association with traditional media is weakening (Emily Bell/Columbia Journalism Review)

7:05 PM ET, December 4, 2019

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Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review:

As tech companies embrace fact-checking to prove they are active in trying to stop misinfo, fact-checking orgs' association with traditional media is weakening — Has our investment in debunking worked? — Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, of which it's a very small amount …

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