Pete Combs

“Journalists need to move beyond fact checking and learn source checking” @BostonJoan on how bad actors create fake social media and websites to fool journalists into reporting fake information. Digital verification tools are available to everyone to confirm accuracy #CFRLocal

News is so focused on Twitter that outlets have moved from “man on the street” to “man on the Tweets” #journalismhumor

Now discussing how local newsrooms can collaborate on combatting disinformation. It’s happpening in Europe, where newsrooms share a slack channel so reporters can, say, post a social media image and ask other local reporters if it’s legitimate #journalism