Was Buzzfeed Wrong To Publish The Trump Dossier

A debate on a controversial and relevant topic is occurring among 5 articles that express different opinions about the rise of fake news. The articles “Fake news and a 400-year-old problem…” published on theguradian.com by Luciano Floridi explains the situation going on with tech companies and their effort to minimize fake news on their platforms, and “Journalists Need to Stick Together and Back Each Other Up” published on nytimes.com by Ann Cooper which brings to light a situation that happened in Bangladesh and how it can happen in America, both have a focus of policy in their argument. The articles “Was BuzzFeed wrong to publish the Trump dossier? This media ethicist says yes” published on Vox.com by Sean Illing which he summarizes how BuzzFeed

Although Floridi believes that Trumpism is the more serious problem, Cooper believes that online media is the problem with journalism, they would both agree that journalists need to stick together in the fight against fake news because Floridi says that the tech industry needs to act in solidarity and Cooper says that solidarity among journalist is necessary. Illing and Glasser would both agree on the fact that online media is the more serious problem, however, Glasser is in the middle at some

These authors believe that the solution to fake news is for journalists to act in solidarity. Cooper relates the situation in Bangladesh to show what can potentially happen in the United States if journalists do not act in solidarity which she states in her article; “[i]t’s a lesson American journalists will learn the hard way if they do not remain unified in this new Age of Trump.” Cooper believes that journalists need to act together if they want to survive in the age of Trump and she goes on to state “[y]ou’re all in this together.” Floridi talks about how the tech industry is trying separately to stop fake news from spreading online but Floridi’s whole argument is that they are not being effective due to the fact that they are all not working together in order to stop the spread of fake news on all corners of the internet. Cooper and Floridi agree that journalists need to in some way act in solidarity but their views differ in the ways they should go about acting. Cooper’s beliefs differ from those of Floridi, where she believes that online media is a more serious problem and Floridi believes Trumpism is a more serious problem. As a result, Cooper suggests that journalists should help each other in press conferences which she states right from the start since the title of her article is “Journalists Need to Stick Together and Back Each Other Up.” Floridi also differs in that he suggests the tech industry to