‘Fake news’ is a term thrown around by many, including the sitting president of the United States of America. It is used as an offensive weapon to degrade the integrity of major mainstream media sources, and as such, provided a ripe topic of discussion at the Edinburgh International TV Festival.
Both a dedicated panel hosted by Channel 4 anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy and his colleague Jon Snow’s dignified MacTaggart lecture explored the systemic issues damaging the information economy – and what the tech giants can do to clamp down on these issues.
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Source: The Drum