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They've tweeted an apology now. Still super SUPER NOT OK to have shared a week old fake map from 'the internet' https://twitter.com/startribune/status/904836286791393281 …https://twitter.com/mccanner/status/904836616161828864 …
Here's more on that fake Irma map @StarTribune tweeted out. Serious questions about where they sourced it http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/sep/01/blog-posting/map-showing-hurricane-irma-path-hit-houston-fake-n/ …
The NWS tried to debunk the fake map last week. How does a news organization end up publishing it four days later??https://twitter.com/NWS/status/903635438195404800 …
It was someone not understanding facts and sources. No amount of extra staffing would have fixed that.
No news org -- fully staffed or not -- pulls random crap from the internet and attaches it to stories.
Even from a workflow position, you're getting NWS maps from, well, NWS. Or from AP. That's basic minimum
Like, fine, everyone's doing more with less. Which is why you pay for AP to do the heavy lift for you.
There's a thread attached above. It was @StarTribune, it was social-only, and it was an AP story. They googled and lifted.
Right that's what I'm saying. They've got someone who thought that was ok.
I just don't think it's any bigger indictment on The News These Days.
Right but to end up where this tweet did required *extra* steps beyond a system that has accuracy protections.
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