Comment is free, facts are sacred/wasted

Comment is free, facts are sacred wasted.
The world is now drowning in opinions. Facts, meanwhile, are not having a good time. They are expensive and time-consuming to establish - and there is growing evidence that people are losing faith in the idea of agreed objective truth. Big tech has decided that public notes are more valuable than fact-checking. How did it come to this - and what is the way back?
Moderated by Alan Rusbridger.

• #freedom of expression #journalism #information credibility #truth and facts #social media #cultural criticism