Credibility Ratings Dive

How many fact-checking organizations does it take to change the proverbial fake news lightbulb? Elon Musk thinks we need at least one more. But maybe more like a popularity contest than a fact check, with journalists and institutions competing for credibility ratings. Emily and Heather ask what is the point in the dozens of recently launched fact-checking initiatives, and the director of Poynter's international fact-checking network Alexios Mantzarlis provides them with answers. Reading List: Explainer on the Elon Musk & "Pravda" Nate Silver's response: Ben Smith's response: Our guest Alexios Mantzarlis' response: "Four serious questions about Elon Musk's silly credibility score" Interview with Journalism professor Lucas Graves on the history of fact-checking: Survey of fact-checking projects around the world:

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Credibility Ratings Dive is an episode from Tricky by Kayla Christopherson.

This episode is 40:20 long.

This episode was published on Jun 1, 2018.

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