And WaPo more than any other outlet has to live by the terms it has adopted. It failed its own fake news criteria here.
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Replying to @emptywheel
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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Replying to @zeynep
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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Replying to @emptywheel @zeynep
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
Journalists already know these anonymous leaks from government are propaganda, but publish anyway.
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You can't tell me stories sourced entirely from "senior government officials" isn't fake-news/propaganda.
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I think I made my position clear. They are harmful; it's a major failure. Calling it all "fake news" isn't helpful.
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