Fake news has arguably been the most prominent trend of the last twelve months, and the desire to hold publishers and other leading figures to account has prompted the rise in a wide range of fact checking services that aim to show what is real from what is not.
A recent study from Boston University College of Communication suggests that such services have done little to improve the quality of reporting.
The authors examined approximately three years worth of data on fake news, using models to explore the relationship between fake news and the online news media. In total, they examined seven fact-checking websites: PolitiFact.com, FactCheck.org, Snopes, Climate Feedback, Gossip Cop, Health News Review, and Wafflesatnoon.com.
The influence of fake news
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