{"id":662,"date":"2026-04-17T18:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=662"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:07:43","slug":"betting-on-the-news-raises-ethical-questions-for-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crystal ball with money signs in it.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/STKS527_PREDICTION_MARKETS_CVIRGINIA2_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetizable: How well will BTS&#8217;s new song perform this week? How hot will Los Angeles get? Will Donald Trump be impeached? Users can wager on all of that and, on some platforms, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/858075\/trump-venezuela-maduro-kidnapping-spectacle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more gruesome and violent outcomes<\/a> in the real world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The rapid rise and expansion of Polymarket and Kalshi have put newsrooms in a strange position. Prediction market evangelists often claim that their odds are more trustworthy and accurate than polls and traditional media &#8211; effectively positioning the industry as a replacement for news. At the same time \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/report\/914157\/prediction-markets-news-outlet-ethics-policy-propublica-kalshi-polymarket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetizable: How well will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}