Media reporting: facts, nothing but facts?

Abstract

Separating the facts from the fiction in today’s media is becoming mission impossible. In the era of the #fakenews hashtag, the internet, and the media in general, are concerned by the emergence of fiction which is sometimes much stranger than truth! So what rules and initiatives exist in Europe to help ensure the accuracy and objectivity of news and current affairs reporting? How far can the European and the various national legislators go to protect us from dubious reporting or at least ensure that codes of good conduct exist?

Fake news, frontpage, Mediarecht

Bibtex

Report{Alén-Savikko2018, title = {Media reporting: facts, nothing but facts?}, author = {Alén-Savikko, A. and Apa, E. and Bassini, M. and Cabrera Blázquez, F.J. and Cunningham, I. and Etteldorf, C. and Granchet, A. and Klimkiewicz, B. and Fahy, R. and Polák, J. and Prosser, T. and Richter, A. and Rodriguez, N.}, url = {https://rm.coe.int/media-reporting-facts-nothing-but-facts/16808e3cda}, year = {1024}, date = {2018-10-24}, abstract = {Separating the facts from the fiction in today’s media is becoming mission impossible. In the era of the #fakenews hashtag, the internet, and the media in general, are concerned by the emergence of fiction which is sometimes much stranger than truth! So what rules and initiatives exist in Europe to help ensure the accuracy and objectivity of news and current affairs reporting? How far can the European and the various national legislators go to protect us from dubious reporting or at least ensure that codes of good conduct exist?}, keywords = {Fake news, frontpage, Mediarecht}, }