The New York Times and The Washington Post have added their collective voices to those who are already shouting that Facebook needs to do something about its fake news problem.
Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg wrote that “Today’s fake news is limited only by the imaginations of its inventors and the number of shares it can garner on Facebook or Twitter.”
“With a mainstream news media that works hard to separate fact from fiction under economic and political threat, Facebook — which has contributed to that economic threat by gobbling up so much of the online advertising market — is going to have a special responsibility to do its part,” continued Rutenberg.
WaPo’s Margaret Sullivan echoed Rutenberg’s concern and then presented a “crazy” idea: Facebook should hire an executive editor.
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