Navigating political censorship in digital PR: Understanding media ownership and trust
Uncover the impact of media consolidation and political agendas on digital PR campaigns and make informed placement decisions.
Topic: Journalism ethics and standards
The Guardian accuses Microsoft of damaging its reputation with offensive AI-generated poll
The poll asked readers to vote on what could have caused the recent tragic death of 21-year-old Lilie James; murder, accident or suicide.
Working with Search Engine Land
Search Engine Land is the industry-leading source for information about paid and organic search marketing. Our brand is driven by an authoritative team of journalists and a roster of subject-matter experts who contribute as writers and advisers for Search Engine Land, and as speakers at our SMX – Search Marketing Expo conference. If you are […]
Google publishes Google News transparency policy for publishers
Google said it determines what constitutes meaningful transparency from news sources by what types of information an ordinary person might find helpful.
Misquoted and misunderstood: Why many in the search community don’t believe the WSJ about Google search
Search is complicated. The WSJ appeared set on seeing that complexity through a conspiratorial lens.
Change log: Google updated its Search Quality Rater Guidelines
Here's what's new, compared side-by-side with the last version.
Google tries to bring more transparency to news content with help from The Trust Project
Google will display indicators to help distinguish between quality journalism and false information in search and elsewhere.
The trouble with truth
Do search engines and other content distribution platforms have a responsibility to present information that is true? Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller discusses the issues surrounding this question.
He Said/She Said Between Google & CNN On Face Recognition Story
This morning I read the CNN story that said Google was finally going to incorporate facial recognition technology into its Goggles app or another mobile application. I then wrote an opinion piece that argued Google was courting a major privacy backlash, despite seeming to have privacy controls worked out in the article. Thereafter I was […]
Google Not Planning To Release Mobile Face Recognition: Update
Contrary to what I reported earlier based on a seemingly very credible CNN report, Google is not planning to release a version of its mobile app Goggles with face recognition technology. Google has had the capability for several years but so far refrained from putting it out in the world other than on Picasa. I […]
Live Blogging SXSW: RIP Jeff Goldblum, Truth Vs. Web BS
Mediagazer’s Megan McCarthy is presenting a short talk called RIP Jeff Goldblum: Truth vs. Web BS . With computer in hand, here’s a live blogging of it, with some tips for those trying to ferret out truth from fiction. On June 25 last year, Farrah Fawcett died. Then stories on Twitter and elsewhere about Michael […]
Of Climategate, Googlegate & When Stories Get Too Long
Daily Telegraph writer James Delingpole got worked up yesterday because his colleague Christopher Booker’s story on the “Climategate” scandal mysteriously disappeared from Google. Skullduggery, he pondered? Nothing so dramatic, says Google. The article simply grew too big in length to stay in Google News. Let’s do the breakdown. Booker’s story of November 28 covered the […]