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“What we saw was a tendency to accept almost all images at first glance, regardless of subject area.”
“Our solutions cannot be limited to asking these platforms to do a better job of meeting their civic obligations — we need to consider what technologies we want and need for digital media to have a productive role in democratic societies.”
And hopefully to make some good TV along the way. Kary Antholis’ site Crime Story uses “a much more thematic, character-driven way of exploring these stories than how traditional media might pursue.”
Plus: new leadership coming to the BBC, a Scottish podcast network debuts, and a Public Radio Palooza.
Not all protests get treated equally. Stories about women’s marches and anti-Trump protests give more voice to the protesters than those about Black Lives Matter and other anti-racism protests.
Plus: Emphasizing a publisher’s name on social doesn’t seem to impact readers’ misinfo radar much one way or the other.
MediaReview wants to turn the mishmash vocabulary around manipulated photos and video into something structured.