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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday October 15 2016, @07:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the snopes-way-this-will-work dept.

Google News will begin labeling "fact-checking" articles that appear major news story clusters. Richard Gingras, the "Head of News" at Google, writes that Google News will check for schema.org ClaimReview markup:

Over the last several years, fact checking has come into its own. Led by organizations like the International Fact-Checking Network, rigorous fact checks are now conducted by more than 100 active sites, according to the Duke University Reporter's Lab. They collectively produce many thousands of fact-checks a year, examining claims around urban legends, politics, health, and the media itself.

In the seven years since we started labeling types of articles in Google News (e.g., In-Depth, Opinion, Wikipedia), we've heard that many readers enjoy having easy access to a diverse range of content types. Earlier this year, we added a "Local Source" Tag to highlight local coverage of major stories. Today, we're adding another new tag, "Fact check," to help readers find fact checking in large news stories. You'll see the tagged articles in the expanded story box on news.google.com and in the Google News & Weather iOS and Android apps, starting with the U.S. and the U.K.

TechCrunch notes that "The Schema community builds markups for structured data on the internet. The group is sponsored by Google but also has support from Microsoft, Yahoo and Yandex."


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  • (Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Sunday October 16 2016, @12:46AM

    by Hairyfeet (75) <{bassbeast1968} {at} {gmail.com}> on Sunday October 16 2016, @12:46AM (#414722) Journal

    What, why how could anybody believe that Google [macdailynews.com] could be biased towards a single party [wsj.com], its not like their chairman is working for the Hillary Campaign [qz.com] right? Oh wait...

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 16 2016, @02:13AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 16 2016, @02:13AM (#414743) Journal

    I was mildly shocked to learn that Paul Ryan's wife is a fundraiser for Clinton. That reinforces the idea that the ruling class has no party, it's all just smoke and mirrors to confuse the voting chumps.

    https://www.bustle.com/articles/136028-who-is-paul-ryans-wife-janna-the-former-lawyer-and-lobbyist-is-incredibly-accomplished [bustle.com]

    Of course, Ryan is just another Rino.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @02:29AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @02:29AM (#414748)

      Donald Trump's current wife is an immigrant.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @03:15AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @03:15AM (#414760)

        You forgot to mention that she is an ILLEGAL immigrant.

        She came on a *tourist* visa and sought and found **employment** while she was here.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @04:29AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @04:29AM (#414774)

          Nothing wrong with that. She's white after all.

          Never mind that a little over a century ago slovenian immigrants like here weren't white (just as the irish and italians weren't either).
          But now they are all one big happy whitey family!

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 16 2016, @06:35AM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 16 2016, @06:35AM (#414796) Journal

          Is she now married to an American citizen? She may be a gold digger (or not) but the law and my own opinion says that she has the right to be here. Unlike about fifty million illegal invaders from Mexico.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @04:27AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 16 2016, @04:27AM (#414773)

      And everyone in your family are members of the same political party?

      If its OK for the plebes to support different parties under one roof why should the powerful be expected to do otherwise?

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 16 2016, @06:33AM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 16 2016, @06:33AM (#414795) Journal

        None of the members of my household are members of any political party, unless "independent" actually counts as a party. No member of my family has tossed money to a party, and few of us have donated to any candidates. Those candidates who have recieved money from my family have been mostly independent, or if they were members of a party, they acted independent. Each and every member of my family has been taught to think for themselves. More, you might say that their thinking has been "tainted" by my own thinking. This goes for my immediate family, as well as my extended family.

        That CERTAINLY doesn't mean that we all think alike. For instance, the reasons that I hate Clinton don't really figure in to my wife's reasons for hating Clinton. My reasons for despising Trump are not my wife's reasons. We do agree that we are going to be humped, no matter which of them wins.

        Think outside the box, Grasshopper. Both of the Ryans are members of the Ruling Class, and it doesn't matter which party's livery they might wear in public. They answer to the same masters.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday October 16 2016, @12:00PM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday October 16 2016, @12:00PM (#414838) Journal

      They are members of the same party. I have personally seen Rupert Murdoch and Chris Ruddy (CEO of Newsmax, the downmarket Fox) doing business with Bill Clinton.

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