Craig Silverman Finds Himself Knee-Deep in Fake News
At the end of a very good piece by The Verge reports editor Josh Dzieza about how Facebook is fanning the flame of viral fake news, Craig Silverman talks about an unanticipated priority.
A month ago, Silverman launched watchdog site emergent.info with Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism to debunk items like the one above, concocted by current fake news headline-grabber National Report:
Silverman is interested in the dynamics of online rumors generally, but the fake news sites have become an unexpected focus.
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