Dear Listers,<div><br></div><div>On combating fake news: I have just come across an ad titled "Fight Fake News". When I clicked, it took me to this interesting website. </div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="color:rgb(0,33,82);font-family:AdelleSans-Regular,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:20px">Hostwriter is a global network for media professionals. We connect journalists to easily seek and offer help, whether in the form of story collaboration, local advice or even accommodation. All journalists provide work samples by way of professional verification. Membership is free of charge."</span></div><div><font color="#002152" face="AdelleSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:20px"><br></span></font></div><div>Could a Kenyan version of this help in combating fake news?<font color="#002152" face="AdelleSans-Regular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:20px"><br></span></font><br>On Saturday, August 19, 2017, kanini mutemi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">Good afternoon Listers, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><font face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.6667px">Thank you for participating in Day 2 of Talk to NCIC. Once again, very good and thought provoking contributions. Just a quick summary of the discussions:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:red;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">On (a): What is the
effect of Fake News to the mainstream media?<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Fake News affects the credibility of mainstream
media. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:blue">On (b): What is the role of the
Kenyan media in combating Fake News?</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:fuchsia"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">Mainstream media already has a
platform from which they ought to educate the public on Fake News while
propagating the truth. The media should always fact-check stories posted by
others and be quick to call out Fake News. To avoid further denting their
credibility, mainstream media should be careful to only post that which is
legitimate. Since Kenyan still trust mainstream media as a legitimate source of
information, they must uphold this fiduciary duty. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">There was a proposal for a quick fact-checking tool
which people can use to ascertain the veracity of a story before sharing it. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:fuchsia">On (c): Is the Kenyan media
doing enough?<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">Initiatives such as Newsplex and the
fact-checking segment on NTV demonstrate that the media is fighting back
against Fake News. We were also informed of the global search for enterprising
solutions by the International Centre for Journalists (ICJF) @Churchill please
keep us updated on this. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">There was a feeling, however, that these efforts
are not enough- more needs to be done.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(56,118,29);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">On
(d): What should platforms such as Facebook and Google be doing to reduce
the effect of Fake News? Is there a need for localised solutions?</span></b><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Initiatives by
Google and Facebook were lauded. @Fadzai pointed out some of the work being
done by Facebook eg the in-app educational tool, and efforts to make Fake News
less profitable. Local efforts by PesaCheck and AfricaCheck were highlighted as
examples to emulate. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia,serif">If you have anything to add, feel free. This is not the end of the conversation. </p></div><div class="gmail_extra">-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi</b>. <br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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