Can Fake News busters replace editors?

Bekerman, M

Abstract

In the debate about how to tackle the growing phenomenon of Fake News, much attention is devoted to countermeasures such as fact-checking or better media literacy, but less to the root cause of the problem. Considerable criticism focuses on the failures of contemporary journalism and how it under-performs in digital age, but not many want to admit that it is not journalism itself that is to blame but one of its aspects: the editorial process which has suffered greatly from digital convergence. The article surmises that fact-checking is a limited tool to tackle Fake News, and that ensuring proper editorial procedures in the digital context is the way to go forward.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jul 27, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 28, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 28, 2017
• Journal: Westminster Media Forum Publications
• Pages: 70-71
• Publisher URL: http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/publication/tackling-fake-news-online-2017
• Related Public URLs: http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/; http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/publications/westminster_media_forum