Article Title: Democracy’s immune system is in trouble. Here’s what we can do
Article Summary
This article sheds light on the challenges faced by the media and the urgent requirement of media to be strong and trustworthy. The writer takes us through the history when media was used to manipulate and influence political outcomes. He highlights how the digital technology has met with a similar fate only larger in magnitude. The writer proposes a solution for this grave problem and suggestions the creation of a formalized journalistic code of ethics for the digital age. To reinforce these standards and to counter media manipulation, it is important that social media platforms take the matters in their hands. A few of them have done so by committing to using ‘Trust Indicators’ and involving with News Integrity Initiative at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Though the undertaking is complex, there is potential to give media literacy to both news organizations and consumers.
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Words to Learn from this article:
Vigorous: strong, healthy, and full of energy.
Ethics: moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Foster: encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable).
Defamation: the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.
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