Via Nieman Lab:
Just in time for the 2012 elections, the cottage industry of media fact-checking is ramping up. That latest addition is Truthsquad, which began last year as a pilot project of NewsTrust. TruthSquad will differentiate itself from its peers by bringing in the crowd, combining the talents of professional journalists with the eagerness (if not competitiveness) of the public to separate fact from less-than fact. As the Truthsquad homepage puts it, they’re “developing a pro-am network to fact-check political claims during the 2012 elections.”…
…“Truthsquad shows a lot of promise because it directly addresses a need,” said [executive director of NewsTrust Fabrice] Florin. “There is a growing amount of misinformation, particularly in this political climate. We have an opportunity to provide a useful service by encouraging a collaboration between journalists and citizens.”
What’s neat about this effort is that Truthsquad isn’t just creating a site but a series of widgets that other sites can use to collect input from readers on the “truthiness” of statements given by those in the news.
Less it devolve into a shouting match between partisans, Truthsquad editors will serve as final arbiters and referees.
Checking the facts in a story…
(Source: futurejournalismproject)
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