Make sure that you always use verified sources.
Here some articles about the issue:
Code of Ethics of Aljazeera
Interesting study of Trusted Media: How to build Trust in the Digital Age
You can download the study here: The Nieman Foundation about the BBC’s Verification Hub
The verification process in the BBC Newsroom in London includes among other factors:
- Referencing locations against maps and existing images from, in particular, geo-located ones.
- Working with our colleagues in BBC Arabic and BBC Monitoring to ascertain that accents and language are correct for the location.
- Searching for the original source of the upload/sequences as an indicator of date.
- Examining weather reports and shadows to confirm that the conditions shown fit with the claimed date and time.
- Maintaining lists of previously verified material to act as reference for colleagues covering the stories.
- Checking weaponry, vehicles and licence plates against those known for the given country.
Here some articles about the issue:
Code of Ethics of Aljazeera
Interesting study of Trusted Media: How to build Trust in the Digital Age
You can download the study here: The Nieman Foundation about the BBC’s Verification Hub
The verification process in the BBC Newsroom in London includes among other factors:
- Referencing locations against maps and existing images from, in particular, geo-located ones.
- Working with our colleagues in BBC Arabic and BBC Monitoring to ascertain that accents and language are correct for the location.
- Searching for the original source of the upload/sequences as an indicator of date.
- Examining weather reports and shadows to confirm that the conditions shown fit with the claimed date and time.
- Maintaining lists of previously verified material to act as reference for colleagues covering the stories.
- Checking weaponry, vehicles and licence plates against those known for the given country.
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