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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Replying to @zeynep @emptywheel
Reports story without sufficient techical understanding—then retracts. Can't tell that from "Pope endorses Trump" at click farm?
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Replying to @zeynep @emptywheel
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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Replying to @emptywheel
I don't think you can quantify it like that. Both present real dangers; neither invalidates the others' dangers.
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Replying to @zeynep
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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Replying to @emptywheel @zeynep
WaPo ran an anon leak w/o contacting utility.
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Dumb, opportunistic jumping at sensational story. Newsroom economics. Retracted. Still not "Hmm, how about Pope Endorses Trump".
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Replying to @zeynep @emptywheel
"Denver Guardian" retracted Clinton FBI agent story. Practice of retracting cant be used per se as evidence of real news
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"Denver Guardian" is fake; if we can't figure that much out, what is the point of any reference to facts?
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Replying to @zeynep @emptywheel
this is beside my point. You said retraction was a staple of real news, I'm saying its also used by fake news.
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It cannot, itself, be a criteria for what is and isn't "fake news"
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