Building trust in media

CiteIt is developing new digital tools that help combat misinformation and selective quotations. These tools show the context surrounding the quoted media in order to build trust and understanding.

Think Tank Funding Disclosure

In a recent podcast, Adam Johnson considers what woulld happen if journalists disclosed the interests of "Think Tanks'" funders, arguing that if they did, most think tanks would shrink because the enterprise serves as a giant narrative laundering operation:

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This is a very liberal demand which is like can you at least disclose the people know and I think that's really where you give the game away because if they did that they would be far far less funded and far less influential because they kind of nominal or widely perceived neutrality or or kind of academia sheen or branding is what gives them power

Quote Context Disclosure

If the context of most quotes was accessible with the click of a link, there would be far less out-of-context quotations and more reader trust.

Demo articles:

1) Adam Johnson Examples

  1. 3 Media Tactics the Right Will Use to Undermine Brandon Johnson
  2. Washington Post Continues to Lie About Social Security and Life Expectancy

2) Video Citations

See how writers can cite both web articles and video transcripts

  1. JD Vance on War and Peace  (by Ken Klippenstin)   ← View example
  2. Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipelines? "Russia, Russia, Russia!  (by Matt Taibbi)


Interview Request?

Adam, would you be willing to do a brief interview to help me assess the App's fit with journalists and audio/video professionals?


Tim Langeman Tim Langeman

CiteIt Creator, History major, and Computer Programmer