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J-school students and industry vets tackle the tough questions
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Q: "Brazil's biggest newspaper recently announced it would stop publishing its articles on Facebook because of the algorithm change. Should other newspapers do the same?"
A A Facebook without credible, professional news being pumped into newsfeeds in some capacity is a platform that does a disservice to its users.
Newsrooms can't control algorithms, but the anecdote to fake news requires far more than going dark on social media. For some readers, pulling a newspaper's voice from an echo chamber like Facebook-be it because of increased conspiracy posts or low traffic-is the equivalent of cutting their doorstep news delivery service. These readers may not take the time to input a web address regularly or fact-check suspicious posts that creep up on their feeds. We know that. Out of screen, out of mind, out of consciousness.
Fake news existed long before internet propagandists could stitch together videos spinning national news stories to drown out accurate reporting and accounts from those...