Josh Stearns and Leighton Walter Kille offer suggestions for separating truth from rumor in the social media age. They include links to three tools for detecting altered images, plus fact-checking sites and other new tools: "The issue has become even knottier in the era of collaborative journalism, when nonprofessional reporting and images can be included in mainstream coverage. The information can be crucial — but it also can be wrong, and even intentionally faked."
May 1, 2015