Adam H. JohnsonVerified account

@zeynep And WaPo more than any other outlet has to live by the terms it has adopted. It failed its own fake news criteria here.

@emptywheel No it hasn't. Different mode of failure. So obviously so that I'm not sure there can be a serious discussion.

@emptywheel Reports story without sufficient techical understanding—then retracts. Can't tell that from "Pope endorses Trump" at click farm?

@emptywheel PS. (WaPo's won fake news story was garbage—but that also doesn't make the fraudulent clicks/misinformation farms non-existent).

@zeynep PPS: WaPo's failures are far more dangerous to democracy.

@emptywheel I don't think you can quantify it like that. Both present real dangers; neither invalidates the others' dangers.

@zeynep Yes. You are very invested in dismissing any causal effect here.

@zeynep Also, description of original WaPo hack story is inaccurate. It was a technical problem AND rush to publish anon leak w/o journalism