Information crisis and post truth reality
the complex relationship between journalism and fact-checking
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2023.10.157-165Ключови думи :
information crisis, disinformation, fact-checking, journalism, EU policiesАбстракт
The European Union’s policies to address multifaceted and ever evolving problem of disinformation have been consolidating over the past five years. The European Commission’s 2018 Communication introduced the “European approach to tackling online disinformation”, which puts forth inclusive and adaptable policy measures recognising the intricate nature of the phenomenon and the swift changes occurring in the digital landscape. This paper specifically focuses on fact-checking, which plays a pivotal role within the European approach to combating online disinformation. Over the past years fact-checking has been growing as a successful market, supported also by EU policies and public financing. At the same time, media organisations appear to be less prominent or are even completely absent from some relevant policy and financial streams. The discussion focuses on potential implications that such separation between fact-checking and the media may have for sustainability of journalism and the public interest — having in mind that fact-checking is primarily debunking disinformation that is already out there, while strengthening the media and professional journalism could prevent some deceiving narratives from reaching wider public in the first place, and in any case to counterbalance disinformation.
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