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“I think people don’t fully appreciate how much the ability of the #legal system to work on a daily basis rests on the government’s #credibility,” said Stephen Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor. “Without that credibility, it’s going to be harder for the #government to do anything in #court — even ordinary things. All of a sudden, you’re going to have #courts second-guessing things that they wouldn’t have before.”

#law#USpol#Trump

"Trump Is Discovering the Downside of a Justice Department With No #Credibility" ... Statements "from Ms. Bondi’s Justice Department and Mr. Patel’s F.B.I." are disbelieved because "these institutions show that they are simply protecting the president" instead of being honest and reliable:
nytimes.com/2025/07/29/opinion
#ethics #injustice #Trump #politics

The New York Times · Opinion | The Trump Justice Department’s Epstein Credibility CrisisBy Daniel Richman

BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR

owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-wer

“We believe the role of Robbie Gibb, both on the Board, and as part of the Editorial Standards Committee, is untenable. We call on the BBC to do better for our audiences and recommit to our values of impartiality, honesty and reporting without fear or favour.”

A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age…

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sequential game, where news sources decide whether to share #factualinformation or #misinformation. Each source influences individuals based on their #credibility, the #veracity of the article, and the individual’s characteristics. We analyze this game through the concept of quantal response equilibrium, which accounts for the bounded rationality of human decision-making. The analysis shows that the resulting equilibria reproduce the credibility-opinion distribution of real-world news sources,

How media competition fuels the spread of #misinformation | Science Advances
science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

Competition among news sources over public opinion can incentivize them to resort to misinformation. Sharing misinformation may lead to a short-term gain in audience engagement but ultimately damages the #credibility of the source, resulting in a loss of audience. To understand the rationale behind news sources sharing misinformation, we model the competition between sources as a zero-sum

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💚 With support from @nlnet , we've addressed a tonne of tech debt (including #editor redo), and we're improving #dokieli's #UI, #accessibility, annotations, #security, and #offline support. But we have more work to do! See our roadmap: dokie.li/docs#roadmap

We are planning to implement collaborative editing, encryption, and develop #credibility features to combat #misinformation on the web, in collaboration with Fundacion Cibervoluntarios: cibervoluntarios.org/en

dokie.lidokieli documentation

Former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb made this fair comment about dishonest press secretary Karoline Leavitt:
“I don’t think creepy Karoline — when she speaks — I don’t think anybody in America really takes her seriously on a matter of substance":
huffpost.com/entry/ty-cobb-new #media #credibility #politics

HuffPost · Former Trump Lawyer Rips Karoline Leavitt With A New Nickname After She Lashed Out At JudgesBy Pocharapon Neammanee

"As these tools become more powerful and affordable, #skepticism in #media will grow. But the question isn't whether we can trust what we see and hear. It's whether we can trust who's showing it to us. In an era where anyone can generate a realistic video of anything for $1.50, the #credibility of the #source becomes our primary anchor to #truth. The medium was never the message—the #messenger always was."

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/ai-

Ars Technica · AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?By Benj Edwards