There is no, and never was, "perfect news." Pls stop referring to every mode of failure of news as "fake news". Conflation is not analysis.
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No it hasn't. Different mode of failure. So obviously so that I'm not sure there can be a serious discussion.
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Reports story without sufficient techical understanding—then retracts. Can't tell that from "Pope endorses Trump" at click farm?
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PS. (WaPo's won fake news story was garbage—but that also doesn't make the fraudulent clicks/misinformation farms non-existent).
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PPS: WaPo's failures are far more dangerous to democracy.
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I don't think you can quantify it like that. Both present real dangers; neither invalidates the others' dangers.
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Yes. You are very invested in dismissing any causal effect here.
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Also, description of original WaPo hack story is inaccurate. It was a technical problem AND rush to publish anon leak w/o journalism
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WaPo ran an anon leak w/o contacting utility.
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