But the direction of causality is tricky. Do a democracy’s flaws lead it to starve public media, or does starving public media lead to a democracy’s flaws?
A new study finds that the more local newspapers there were in a county, the worse it performed on a measure of social distancing in the early days of the pandemic. But take the findings with a grain of salt.
“We’re starting to wonder, ‘Okay, can this work as a social audio conversation? How can we get more voices on this whether from the audience or our sources?'”
Dotson, Taylor. "Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to disagree better." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 Jan. 2022. Web. 23 Jul. 2024.
APA
Dotson, T. (2022, Jan. 18). Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to disagree better. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/01/fact-checking-may-be-important-but-it-wont-help-americans-learn-to-disagree-better/
Chicago
Dotson, Taylor. "Fact-checking may be important, but it won’t help Americans learn to disagree better." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 18, 2022. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/01/fact-checking-may-be-important-but-it-wont-help-americans-learn-to-disagree-better/.
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