Not sure what to make of this (just had time to skim it), but it looks meaningful on first glance.

https://points.datasociety.net/hacking-the-attention-economy-9fa1daca7a37#.dpytnkubi

The National Review’s Paul Crookstone rightly points out some of the flaws in BuzzFeed’s widely reported (we reported it here) story claiming that Americans engaged more with fake news than with real news on Facebook.

Daniel Ketchell, writing on Medium, offers a great article on how news headlines are as big a problem as fake news. It’s a great read, as he takes the reader on a journey to show how the news actually works these days.

This is a nice article on using research to debunk fake news and misinformation.

Jeremy W. Peters of the New York Times reports that conservatives have begun calling all mainstream news fake news.

“Until now, that term had been widely understood to refer to fabricated news accounts that are meant to spread virally online. But conservative cable and radio personalities, top Republicans and even Mr. Trump himself, incredulous about suggestions that that fake stories may have helped swing the election, have appropriated the term and turned it against any news they see as hostile to their agenda.”

“In defining “fake news” so broadly and seeking to dilute its meaning, they are capitalizing on the declining credibility of all purveyors of information, one product of the country’s increasing political polarization. And conservatives, seeing an opening to undermine the mainstream media, a longtime foe, are more than happy to dig the hole deeper.”

This is a must read article.

It is also one more example of how simple fixes are not going to fix the dishonesty problem we’re facing in America.