Introducing: The Facebook Journalism Project
It still doesn&#x27;t change the fact that news orgs universally lack the time to conduct real journalism -- fake news is a direct result of reducing the time that journalists have to vet and verify content.<p>Frankly I&#x27;m quite happy about &quot;fake news&quot; proliferating, it makes obvious how hopeless and useless news orgs are. They peddle claptrap and tripe with reckless abandon.<p>Facebook could throw ten thousand engineers at the problem and 1) it wouldn&#x27;t fix that nobody trusts Facebook 2) it wouldn&#x27;t fix that nobody trusts news orgs. Fox News&#x27; &quot;Fair and Balanced&quot; slogan needs to taken as religious dogma -- everybody gets as voice and Facebook has no say in who can&#x27;t speak.<p>To any news tweeps reading: combating &quot;fake news&quot; by partnering with Facebook is a partisan attempt at self-fellatio -- all you do is get yourself off without accomplishing anything. Conduct real journalism with well-paid staff that have the time to do their job and anonymously share it with the public is the only way to restore trust, not 1) procuring access to high-value talking heads (eg: celebrities, pundits, &quot;experts&quot;) that will regurgitate your propaganda or 2) shoving out unverified garbage (eg: 99% of reporting on Trump this past election cycle) at light-speed.<p>#1 is just a sad attempt at remaining relevant while having someone authoritative make an empty appeal to viewers and #2 is plain laziness.