Monday 10 February 2014

Verification Handbook Mixes Tools, Tips and Culture for Fact-Checking



Verification Handbook Mixes Tools, Tips and Culture for Fact-Checking.

Last week Twitter and CNN announced a major partnership with the data analysis startup Dataminr to shift the way journalists use Twitter as an early alert system for breaking news. Dataminr worked with CNN to fine-tune the algorithms they use, to help close the gap "between the eyewitness wanting to be heard and the journalist who wants to listen," according Twitter's head of news, Vivian Schiller, in a blog post. That gap is not just one of distance or time, but also one of trust.

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