Online news often drives publishers to get stories out as fast as possible, often leading to errors that need to be corrected. But former Circa editor in chief Anthony De Rosa writes that a lack of transparency about those edits is unacceptable. NewsDiffs is tracking changes made to stories by several news sites, and De Rosa writes that this technology could help turn casual readers into loyal subscribers by building trust: “A recent Ipsos study found that only 10 percent of those surveyed believe that the news industry ‘acts with integrity.’ Perhaps that’s in part because publications often tend to minimize or hide mistakes instead of doing their utmost to correct the record.”
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