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16 Sep 2014
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H.M. alluded to the project “Monitoring the Credibility of Jordanian Media (Akeed)” managed by the Jordan Media Institute in the context of the Democratic Empowerment Programme pointing out the expected role that the project will have in engaging citizens in the process of ensuring the credibility of news reported by the media.<br />
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H.M. explained in the Fifth Discussion Paper that the Akeed initiative is designed to enable citizens to have reliable and accurate information on the most prominent issues concerning them by way of contributing to verifying the authenticity of reports and information reported by leading media institutions whether print or electronic. This represents an important element in strengthening Jordan’s political system to be more transparent and accountable to citizens.<br />
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It is worth mentioning that the institute started working on launching Akeed at the beginning of 2014, and has developed a series of criteria to verify news in addition to a series of legal and professional frames of reference. It has also coached a team to manage the website <a href="http://www.akeed.jo/">www.akeed.jo</a> .<br />