>Fake news Whether incentivized by clicks, misrepresentation

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>Fake news
Whether incentivized by clicks,
misrepresentation by shares,
or just plain old propaganda,
is nothing new, and is a false flag.

When a liar can be easily disproven, he must delegitimize those who would disprove him.

Sure, there is some truth to the claims of fake news. Technology and its new unregulated medium for sharing ideas has led to problems that were, in the past, taken care of. So, instead of pointing fingers and destroying infrastructure, why not look to the past?

1. Information must be accompanied by good standing/verifiable reputation.
2. As power shifts from publishers to individuals, this reputation must shift with it.

On the internet, this is being accomplished through transparency. People open their career, entertainment, and personal lives up to the public through mediums like blogs/vlogs. This grants them trust, and so they gain reputation.

To reinforce this, we simply need a neutral third party to track reputation among such information disseminators.