Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
| “People do not usually have contrasting views of human and algorithmic selection. If they are skeptical of one, they’re likely to be skeptical of the other.” By Richard Fletcher and Nic Newman. |
Pocket will show users more local news What We’re ReadingDuke Reporters / Mark Stencel, Erica Ryan, Joel Luther
Fact-checking’s growth seems to have leveled off →“In our 10th annual fact-checking census, the Duke Reporters’ Lab counts 417 fact-checkers that are active so far in 2023, verifying and debunking misinformation in more than 100 countries and 69 languages. While the count of fact-checkers routinely fluctuates, the current number is roughly the same as it was in 2022 and 2021.”The New York Times Company
Text a fruit or vegetable emoji to New York Times Cooking and get a recipe back →“Last summer, as everyone’s favorite summer produce hit its peak, we saw a spike in home cooks using our product to search for ingredients using fruits and veggies like peaches, strawberries, corn and tomatoes. So we decided to give readers and other curious cooks a chance to get free recipes through a Recipe Emoji Line.”The Washington Post / Paul Farhi and Robert Barnes
ProPublica asked about Alito’s travel. He replied in The Wall Street Journal. →“Alito’s Journal column, bluntly headlined ‘ProPublica Misleads Its Readers,’ was an unusual public venture by a Supreme Court justice into the highly opinionated realm of a newspaper editorial page. And it drew criticism late Tuesday for effectively leaking elements of ProPublica’s still-in-progress journalism — with the assistance of the Journal’s editorial-page editors.”The New Republic / Alex Shephard
U.S. media cares more about the missing Titanic sub than one of the deadliest refugee shipwrecks on record →“The Titanic submersible is a ‘new’ news event—it is, after all, not every day that a few fabulously wealthy people go missing at the bottom of the ocean in an underwater vehicle that looks like a septic tank.”NOLA.com / Sarah Ravits
Sex advice columnists join a free speech lawsuit against Louisiana’s anti-porn law →“Plaintiff attorneys say that not only is the legislation ‘murky’ and open-ended, but it’s also unconstitutional.”Intelligencer / Josh Dzieza
AI is a lot of (human) work →“Behind even the most impressive AI system are people — huge numbers of people labeling data to train it and clarifying data when it gets confused. Only the companies that can afford to buy this data can compete, and those that get it are highly motivated to keep it secret. The result is that, with few exceptions, little is known about the information shaping these systems’ behavior, and even less is known about the people doing the shaping.”Vanity Fair / Brian Stelter
Margaret Sullivan’s new podcast will ask “whether journalism, at its best, can help save democracy” →“We’re in a scary place.”Los Angeles Times / Jan-Werner Muller
How weakened local journalism created space for the culture wars →“When inundated with propaganda masquerading as reporting, people living in news deserts generally do not even realize that they are being deprived of news.”New York Times / Alan Burdick and Elaine Chen
The New York Times plans to attract a flock of birders for its “first-ever citizen science project” →“Birds seemed like the right subject for engagement. They exist almost everywhere. They’re dinosaurs with feathers.”Washington Post / Will Sommer and Lauren Kaori Gurley
ProPublica employees have unionized →“The donor-supported hub for investigative reporting isn’t grappling with the same economic strains as its corporate peers. Its staffers still want a union anyway.”
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