Online news credibility site launches
By Leah McBride Mensching, Monday 25 August 2008 at 18:09 :: Online/Digital Publishing :: #2160 :: rss
A Web site that aggregates “the highest quality and most credible news online” has launched in beta, Journalism.co.uk reported.
The first paragraph of articles posted on NewsCred, and users can read the rest of the story by clicking on a link that takes them directly to the news source's Web site. Each article is voted on by users to determine credibility.
Responses from readers are analysed by the site's algorithms, which gives an idea of “online news 'based on quality, not popularity,'” Journalism.co.uk reported. In addition, users can also view credibility ratings from journalists, bloggers and news sources.
“With the explosion of news sources, blogs, citizen journalism sites and news aggregators, news readers are finding it increasingly difficult to find high quality, accurate news online,” NewsCred stated in a press release. “A recent U.S.-wide study shows that a mere 19.6 percent of Americans believe what they read in the news, and only 30.4 percent believed that the news was balanced. By applying the wisdom of crowds concept, NewsCred gives readers a platform to voice their opinion on the credibility of news, and allows the discerning news consumer to focus only on credible news content while filtering out news that is biased or inaccurate.”
News posted by the site is ranked for credibility in three areas: articles, journalists and news sources, which measures “quality of a news source, and the journalistic credibility and integrity of its writers,” the NewsCred press release stated.
Article posted on NewsCred
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