WikiTribune Receives €385,000 (~$422,000) by Google Initiative
The recently announced free media page WikiTribune, a site that aims towards brining real news by real people and eliminating "fake news" all together.
Let me explain what WikiTribune is and what it stands for
With a grandiose message a few months ago the WikiTribune page was launched. Talking about how they wish to bring real people in to a community platform with high transparency.
The plan is really good and couldn't come in a better time than now, with all the weird media articles floating around the internet and none knows up or down.
- They will always cite the source of their facts, so you can make up your own mind
- It will ads-free and without a payment wall so you can trust that they are not partial
- Journalists and the community is alike, and anyone can be a fact checker
- Full transparence for where their funds are going
All sounded very good, but now I'm not so sure any more
The whole plan on going out making a socially enganged community platform for facts, corrects and flagging (anyone tell me if this doesn't sound just like Steemit) was a great call and right on the spot!
But today WikiTribune announced that they will receive €385,000 from Googles Digital News Initiative fund.
Can you be impartial when funded by this?
That is the big question. In my eyes they can't. They may very well be a very good site, citing their sources, checking their facts and be driven by great community members, all for the sake of eliminating "fake news".
This is also another step of racing funds for a product that isn't even displayed in reality but only on papers so far. Google is "investing" their funds in this project because they know they should do it early. They haven't even told us how they will be transparent.
How do you know they are not ignoring the news that are not good for their sponsors and their affiliates?