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Will new tools help Facebook users get the facts on fake news?
During the last three months of the campaign, fake news headlines drew more engagement than real reporting, and social media platforms were criticized for not doing enough to dispute false information. Now Facebook is launching new tools to help identify…
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The ‘thin legitimacy’ of social media as a news source
Due to the proliferation of social media, getting people to read serious journalism is harder than ever, says New York University professor Jay Rosen. Anyone with a smartphone can produce content, and Facebook doesn’t have an editor in chief --…
Morley Safer, CBS newsman for over five decades, dies at age 84
Veteran journalist Morley Safer died at age 84 after a period of declining health, CBS News reported Thursday.
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PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 10, 2015
Thursday on the NewsHour, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl breaks his silence just as the controversy of his release is reignited. Also: How a landmark No Child Left Behind rewrite could change public schools, Yazidi refugees risk danger for a European…
Don't believe everything you see tweeted, shared or posted about the millennial generation being uninformed. A sizable group of these young adults — 4 of every 10 — actively seeks out the news, an analysis of their media habits finds.
In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, 555,000 archival newsreel videos are being released by the Associated Press and British Movietone -- that's more than a million minutes of historic footage and quirky diversions, dating back to 1895.
The New York Times reported this week that Facebook will start working with news organizations to publish content directly to the social network. Among those currently in talks are Buzzfeed, National Geographic and the New York Times.
Pew found that the way in which people retrieved local news varied, particularly when it came to how they used the Internet.
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