Daniel Funke and Susan Benkelman write for Poynter: Teaching fact-checking in Bolivia One of the greatest strengths of the fact-checking community is its commitment to collaboration and knowledge-sharing across borders. Such was the case last week when Miriam Valverde, a fact-checker covering immigration for (Poynter-owned) PolitiFact (and Daniel’s colleague), traveled to La Paz, Bolivia, to teach fact-checking…
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Journalism 101: I propose
Monica Olmos Campos makes an excellent reflection over media and its influence on society, she writes for Los Tiempos: I propose Social media have as primary responsibility the vital interests of the society. When I turn on the TV and see a presenter with a “provocative dress” commenting on the joy of the “comadres” [day…
Yellow mediocre media and poor police performance in Bolivia
This cartoon is from El Dia, December 6, 2011; it portrays how local/national media who cover these type of news, has deteriorated over time. There are many journalists that question this behavior but at the end of the day, everything remains the same. Yellow journalism is grouse and doesn’t show respect to the people involved,…
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