The founder of Wikipedia started the fight with fake news
Recently, the company Facebook and Google actively took up the fight with fake news. This initiative was supported by the founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. He announced the launch of a new website Wikitribune, where a team of professional journalists and community of interested readers will prepare and publish only verified news. The resource will not specialize in any particular subject. On Wikitribune will publish news about politics and science or engineering. Funding will be through crowdfunding.
“That’s what I was thinking. But it turned out for me post-PACSICOM and post-Donald trump. There is a feeling that everything went as it should have. The quality of the content in the media has decreased in many areas (not all), and people need something more serious and reliable, – said Jimmy Wales portal The Verge. – Wikitribune news from the people for the people”.
Readers will be able to see the sources for each published story, and journalists will share different materials such as transcripts and interviews in audio format. For a start Wales wants to hire 10 professional journalists. They will work together with community members who will help to check the facts and write articles. Any member of the public can propose changes, but they must be approved by a staff member or trusted volunteer before ready will appear in the news.
The assurances Jimmy Wales, Wikitribune will not be advertising. He argues that the battle for attention on the Internet has a negative impact on the quality of the news. However, he praises such publications as The New York Times and The Guardian, which increasingly rely on donations from subscribers.
Readers Wikitribune can obtain a monthly subscription for $15 to have the ability to influence the news, suggesting topics that they would like to read. It can be special topics or local news coverage, if we can raise enough money to hire a reporter in a certain area. Wales says that this system will not affect the neutrality of the website, as all published articles will be subject to the same standards of fact-checking and transparency.
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Source: theverge.com