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How do news organizations set about verifying content which is posted on social media?
Following the use of social media to distribute the video of the killing of journalist James Foley, how do news organizations set about verifying content which is posted on social media? Rajan Datar speaks to Craig Silverman, editor of the Verification Handbook, about the use of social media as propaganda. Plus a reprieve for World Have Your Say – thanks to Over to You and its listeners.
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