Finding the Truth Amongst the Fakes

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In this light, this book aims to draw from the experience of Arab journalists and experts in the Arab World to help journalists enhance their news verification and social newsgathering skills. We hope the publication contributes to the ongoing debate on techniques and ethics that surrounds UGC and the use of digital platforms in the news production process. Al Jazeera Media Institute 13 Finding the Truth Amongst the Fakes
In Newsrooms… Mistakes Will Always Happen Montaser Marai Following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, many questions were raised about Al Jazeera: How does the network access videos of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden? How does it verify the authenticity of these materials, their timing, or their recording location? At that time, digital technology was not dominating the world as it is today, and thus, it was not easy to determine the location or timing because al-Qaeda purposely camouflaged and hid any indications of its whereabouts. There is no doubt that Al Jazeera thoroughly checked the videotapes and followed its strict editorial policy before broadcasting them. However, the controversy that would be raised following the broadcast of these tapes did not concern Al Jazeera, who believed in the viewers’ right to knowledge. Al Jazeera’s main concern was the possibility of committing a mistake or broadcasting inaccurate material. Although the verification process depended primarily on human effort at that time, Al Jazeera followed a series of steps to validate the video tapes: Assessing the Source and its Credibility for Al Jazeera Watching the material carefully, analysing the form and content thoroughly, and verifying that it was free of any room for doubt. Seeking the assistance of experts and technicians to verify that the material was not fabricated or manipulated. Seeking the assistance of Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Afghanistan, who Finding the Truth Amongst the Fakes 14
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Page 8 and 9: Chapter 6 How New Arab News Network
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Page 13: Foreword Verifying User-Generated C
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Page 29 and 30: To add more, the role of users or b
Page 31 and 32: leaps in the media world from the b
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Page 35 and 36: not revolve around the war and the
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Page 45 and 46: Trusting What You See Online - It
Page 47 and 48: • Has the source shared previous
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Page 53 and 54: a group of Syrian American physicia
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Page 57 and 58: e discussing one of these tools: ho
Page 59 and 60: Time is of the essence. Being first
Page 61 and 62: Fair use and fair dealing is a long
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Footage on the ground by citizen jo
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As an entity that does not have our
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Verification of User-Generated Vide
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Was it emailed to you? Did a collea
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After uploading the image, a search
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The Importance of Knowing How Diffe
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At the start of this video, we hear
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aises some of the obstacles a journ
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into Google Translate and translate
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videos to give us also other visual
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By using Street View, we can see st
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After linking this image to Google
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Conclusion There is no silver bulle
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As professional journalists, we mus
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Original image. Photo: Reuters 16 I
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values. Through these values, AP ma
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Manipulation of Media by Official I
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Case Study: The Lebanese Government
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editing programs, or lack of seriou
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affirms the importance of not inter
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• When did they get there? • Wh
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The Associated Press created its ow
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• When photographing subjects, do
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Conclusion The essence of the press
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Rassd News Network Why a new news n
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to interact with the audience from
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Crucially, the network also adopted
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efused to publish them because the
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own languages. When we compare betw
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WhatsApp Now with a global monthly
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How can a user send media, contacts
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• Add keywords to manage conversa
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Telegram also has additional encryp
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studio so messages can be read and
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during natural disasters or major c
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Finding Your Story: Which Platform
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Another research study, the Arab So
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Could you highlight the advantage f
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As for using Facebook Live for stor
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YouTube • 39 percent of social me
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their stories, but also point out t
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can have a lasting impact on a publ
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also the wider issues of trauma, et
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- Acknowledging the problem & creat
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the creation of more training resou
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insurance policies. They have not b
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the relations and the frontiers bet
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epresentation, reflected in the fam
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technologies have completely revolu
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1 Uploader Safety: If you are conta
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Making Sense of Syria’s Scattered
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possible by the Internet and associ
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of consent now need to be re-define
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was piqued. Here was something diff
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may face when thinking about using
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in the lunchtime bulletins of Franc
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them to turn off their phone notifi
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• The Checklist (some content ava
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Vicarious trauma: • Eyewitness Me
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• Carpentier, N., Spinoy, E. (200
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