Beehive News hereby presents the top publications of 2024, ranked through our comprehensive evaluation system. Before diving into the results, here’s a brief explanation of who we are, our methodology, and the rigorous criteria that underpin our ratings. By focusing on professional rigor and journalistic excellence, Beehive News champions high-quality journalism while identifying and exposing […]
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Facts exist, but, technically speaking, they are often impossible to prove. Instead, we should focus on using rigorous logic to draw objective conclusions and make decisions. *** Yes, facts are a real thing. But it’s not that simple. Although facts do exist, we can’t always say the same about the proof of their existence. Judges
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The positives of information in the era of social media // Is social media bad for us? We tend to see the internet and social media only very negatively when it comes to the spread of false or misleading information. But whilst they do play an important role in this game, they also give us
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Cultivating a Regenerative Mindset // In an age where misinformation proliferates and digital landscapes often feel cluttered with discord and polarisation, Beehive hopes to stand for integrity and community. Beyond merely combating misinformation, Beehive embraces a regenerative mindset that seeks to sow seeds of positive change, both online and offline. At Beehive News, every complete
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Deeply intertwined with the quality and stability of democracies, press freedom is on the long list of factors we take into account when assessing which information to trust, especially when it comes to sources of information (see Who Owns the Truth). When there is freedom in the press, journalists have the power to defend
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Five legal principles that will help you determine whether you can trust a source // Newspapers are where most of us get information from, but they are usually not the original source of that information. Other people and institutions are typically the ones who observe facts and develop theories, which then get distilled and passed
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Negligence defines someone’s failure to exercise the degree of care that would be reasonably expected from them. An average citizen sharing unverified information, for example, can be considered a reckless exercise (even when we have a long way to go before we achieve media literacy), but a journalist who does the same would certainly incurr
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The 7 main reasons why the media might lie to us Newspapers can indeed publish misinformation, and for a number of different reasons. They may sometimes misguide because they are negligent with the information they reproduce, not verifying it properly, because their journalists and editors share an unconscious bias that leads them to wrong assumptions,
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Complexity comes the Latin word Complecti, meaning “with” (Com-) “intertwining”, “braiding” or “weaving” (-plecti). It therefore refers to the state of being intricate, composed of interconnected parts. It implies a condition where multiple elements or factors are involved, and therefore where understanding, analysing, and predicting the outcome of such condition can only be done by
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Real-life examples of misinformation tactics that use the truth to mislead // Is ‘fake news’ really fake? To cut it short: Sometimes. But the most dangerous news stories aren’t, they are actually a selection of true facts that lead you to a conclusion which you would not make had you known the whole picture. It’s
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