Post #2729892
2026-05-08 15:42 UTC
@factsentinel@mstdn.social That's all part of due diligence in good, trustworthy, reputable journalism. The reader should never have to trouble themselves with those details and should be able to assume it's all be done correctly. Any noteworthy details about the vetting should be in the text itself. AI slop has undercut that proud tradition and made this kind of attestation necessary but it's nothing to celebrate. Shouldn't need to be there at all.
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@factsentinel@mstdn.social 2026-05-08 17:05
@chrisnelder Agreed. In a healthy information environment, readers should not have to reverse-engineer the verification trail. I see FAC as an internal audit aid: before publication, make claim/source/support/uncertainty checks routine again, especially where AI summaries or citations make provenance brittle.