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Getting Facebook out of controversy

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Feb 13, 2018
It has been a rough couple years for Mark Zuckerberg and the company he owns. Facebook is at the uncomfortable center of the controversy over the 2016 election and how easily the company’s news algorithms were duped by the Russians. And it is also being accused of spreading fake news on its site. During the […]
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Unilever threatens to pull ads from Google and Facebook

by Andy Uhler
Feb 13, 2018
Unilever’s head of marketing, Keith Weed, told an advertising conference in California that digital platforms had become “swamps” of fake news, racism and sexism. What will this mean for advertising on social media? Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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How "60 Minutes" stays relevant after 50 years

by Adriene Hill
Oct 23, 2017
Executive producer Jeff Fager talks about his book on the history of the show.
Members of television's “60 Minutes” celebrate the show's 25th anniversary. From left are: Mike Wallace, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Ed Bradley, Leslie Stahl and executive producer Don Hewitt.
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Can any person (or robot) put an end to fake news?

by Amy Scott and Kristin Schwab
Oct 6, 2017
It's probably going to take more than algorithms.
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

Facebook is fighting "fake news" but raising more questions than it answers (updated)

by Mark Salay
Sep 21, 2017
How effective are the platform's methods?
Facebook founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the so-called 'Facebook Innovation Hub' in Berlin on February 25, 2016. 
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Another media company under the microscope with 'pink slime' defamation trial

by David Brancaccio
Jun 5, 2017
Beef Products Inc. has filed a nearly $6 billion lawsuit against ABC.
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True: Google is now fact-checking your search results

by Andy Uhler
Apr 7, 2017
The internet, as we learned all too well during the election, makes the public more susceptible to fake news. Facebook announced fake news-spotting tips for its users this week. Now Google has expanded a tool to help users decide how true a given search result might be by telling users if it’s been fact-checked. Its […]
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False information on the internet is hiding the truth about onions

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 14, 2017
Tom Scocca wants to fight "the darkness of falsehood." He's starting with onions.
Google changed the search results on how long it takes to caramelize onions after Tom Scocca's recent blog post.
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Final Note

The jobs numbers were never phony

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 10, 2017
Trump cast doubt on government data repeatedly and without evidence during the campaign.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer takes questions from reporters during his daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House March 10, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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How to be a more critical thinker about news

by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen
Mar 7, 2017
Author Daniel Levitin shares tips on how to navigate an environment filled with 'fake news.'
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