"Access to credible and accurate news is a cornerstone of democracy and it's absolutely essential that news readers can trust the news they read," said the site's co-founder, Shafqat Islam. "Giving news readers a platform to voice their opinions and building an online track record for journalists is the first step towards restoring some of the news media's lost credibility."

Media Channel's Jason Kincaid wrote that his "biggest" criticism of the website was the "weak implementation of the credibility algorithm". He also questioned the practicality of even having one, saying that credibility might be hard to weigh and might frequently be "misleading". Furthermore, he pointed out that breaking news might be "less accurate" since "tips aren't always reliable".

The site was launched in private invite-only alpha last May and since then has added features like an optimized search, topic-specific pages and a breaking news section. Users can also see ratings of individual journalists, news outlets and bloggers as well as graphs outlining credibility votes.

Source: Journalism.co.uk, Media Channel

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