By: Philip Bump | Nieman Journalism Lab
If you are standing in front of a plane crash wearing a torn pilot’s uniform, reporters would be justified in asking you questions about what happened. If you tweet about being onboard or seeing the plane come down, it’s extremely hard to know whether or not to believe you, because it’s so hard to know if you’re actually there.
In 2014, expect both technology and attitudes to shift to make determining proximity to news events far, far easier.
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