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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."
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday October 16 2016, @01:51PM
By education, I mean the people who can't even read an Archie comic... it's harder to be knowledgeable about things like politics, where you need to be able to read between the lines, when you can't even read the lines yourself.
A few times I've encountered people who want me to read something to them because they 'forgot' their glasses (yes, maybe legit). I could tell them anything I wanted! If you can't read, it's hard to disprove something by critical thinking because you are relying on others to tell you the 'truths'.
Just like it's hard to find the truth when the news sites propagandise. You read, then you read between the lines. And you think.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by BK on Sunday October 16 2016, @04:07PM
Your implication was that lack of... education and critical thought... was some how responsible, at least in part, for Hillary v. Donald among other things. While I agree that full-out illiteracy is a problem where you find it, I don't think it's a factor here. Even in places where education is stereotypically not up to the highest standard, I think you'll find that most everyone can read.
...but you HAVE heard of me.