We. Are Back. This is part 2 of our deep dive into journalism and disinformation. The old news model has broken and new models are making it hard to verify the truth.

Objectivity is impossible, and really not the point of journalism. Rather, good journalists care about getting their facts right, being aware of their biases, and ensuring that their sources are crdible.

Canada’s Online News Act (Bill C-18) was supposed to help, but it removed news from Meta platforms, potentially increasing misinformation and pushing people toward AI summaries with unclear sourcing.

We close with four questions for evaluating news stories:

1. What was the process for accuracy and corrections?
2. Is the information sourced and verified?
3. Does the outlet employ professional journalists?
4. Is their mission to inform? ...