- fact check exceptional claims
- report factual failures to the source
- if the source doesn't apologize publicly in the same channel, permanently remove it from trusted sources
edit: ok, after the rage comment I realized that one more item is missing: discarding sources with systematic reporting bias (when it is obvious they aren't reporting things that you care about that are happening)
Consider: "Illegal immigrants strike again, having raped 2 teenagers already this year"
is outrage-inducing regardless of factual correctness.
That is not not at all how this works out in reality.
People are not subconciously opposed to being driven to outrage, especially if it reinforces their biases (the reverse appears to be true!).
Sanity check: If evoking outrage was driving away media consumer, there would be very strong selection pressure against that, and media would stop doing it or fail.
This is not what we observe: Almost all media is becoming increasingly outrage-inducing, because it works. It drives clicks, and it does not deter people from coming back.
Just consider CNN, FOX news, MSNBC , etc-- you can see the same trend over time, regardless of the position on the political spectrum.