Over more than a decade, St. Louisans have heard many flattering things about LockerDome, a pioneer in the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem that has hired dozens of computer-savvy graduates from Washington University and elsewhere and put them to work downtown doing computer-savvy things. What would surprise most St. Louisans is that a “jewel” of the St. Louis … [Read more...] about ‘Jewel’ of St. Louis startups has helped fuel Gateway Pundit
Fake News
From Hazelwood’s backyard: An adviser’s plea to tell student journalists, “We trust you.”
In the backyard of the Hazelwood Supreme Court decision, I am organizing efforts for year seven of trying to get New Voices legislation passed in Missouri. The only thing that has passed in the last seven years are the states passing Missouri in adding this law that basically overrides Hazelwood and grants First Amendment rights to students and advisers. We are surrounded. … [Read more...] about From Hazelwood’s backyard: An adviser’s plea to tell student journalists, “We trust you.”
A unified model to spot fake news
Three out of every four American adults are fooled by fake news headlines. That was the finding of a survey authorized by BuzzFeed. I found that too when I started BD Fact Check, Bangladesh’s first fact-checking organization. I was looking for a model to identify fake news. Fake news stories have more engagement than real news stories in social networking … [Read more...] about A unified model to spot fake news