How Media Fueled a Shoplifting Panic, and an AI-Journalism Experiment Gone Wrong
From On the Media
Published 12/8/2023
This holiday season, media outlets across the country are raising the alarm about an apparent crisis in retail crime. On this week’s On the Media, how the data about shoplifting don’t back up the alarmist coverage. Plus, the cost and consequences of media outlets turning to AI to generate stories.…
