“To the extent that the mass media model we identify here is the primary driver of information disorder, it will not be cured by more fact checking on Facebook.”
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“People kept sharing these videos that were coming up and it was unambiguous what was going on. We weren’t looking at a stream of videos of violence erupting or clashes breaking out. We were looking at cops, attacking people.”
Sometimes the biggest story does not advance as quickly as journalists might hope. It is in these moments of seeming stasis that journalistic repetition can become more powerful and serve as a way to hold government accountable.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "News outlets are getting (somewhat) better at handling Trump’s false statements, a study shows." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Dec. 2019. Web. 21 Oct. 2020.
APA
Owen, L. (2019, Dec. 6). News outlets are getting (somewhat) better at handling Trump’s false statements, a study shows. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 21, 2020, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/news-outlets-are-getting-somewhat-better-at-handling-trumps-false-statements-a-study-shows/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "News outlets are getting (somewhat) better at handling Trump’s false statements, a study shows." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 6, 2019. Accessed October 21, 2020. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/news-outlets-are-getting-somewhat-better-at-handling-trumps-false-statements-a-study-shows/.
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