By Andrew Eborn and Clive Entwistle

Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, announced this week the launch of Wikitribune to fight fake news with evidenced-based journalism. “The news is broken and we can fix it,” Wales declares.

Bending the news for political and commercial purposes is nothing new –propaganda and its record of use stretches back to ancient Rome and before. The difference today is that mass communication and, in particular, the rise of the internet and citizen journalism have spawned a culture of truth distortion and fabrication.

We are drowning in a sea of information – 99.9% of which is rubbish. Anyone, anywhere and at Read full story ›

Source: The Drum