Google news: where the truth lies?
Google News is introducing a new feature: people and firms named in news articles will be able to add their own comments to the articles in question. Besides the obvious - how can you be sure the people claiming to be article subjects actually are the article subjects? - I wonder, what’s in it for us, the readers?
Headline: Cigarette firms “knew about cancer risk”, leaked documents show
Response: No we didn’t! The writer made it all up! Cigs are good for you, and tasty too!
Well, that’s just dandy. I certainly feel better informed now.
Surely unless Google fact-checks the rebuttals, it’s just creating a Spin Palace for, ahem, news management professionals?
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