2014 Is The Year Of The Viral Debunk

The “Hoax Economy” gives way to a new breed of fact checking.

There’s a new genre of headline taking over the internet. It’s got a simple message: Don’t believe that headline.

If you’ve been watching Twitter or Facebook closely this month, you may have noticed the emergence and increasingly visible countercurrent: 2014, so far, is shaping up to be the year of the viral hoax debunk. It’s a public, performative effort by newsrooms to warn, identify, chase down, and explain that the story you just saw — most likely on Facebook.

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