At least they had the decency to retract. I get the sense that other news sites these days would leave it up with its "alternative facts".
Also, every day Facebook does 10,000 times the damage that this has done. Perspective, people.
Same with 1619 which is “problematic”.
Their desire to push a narrative outweighed their desire to be factually correct.
The scandal here isn’t they removed something quietly. It’s that if they failed their jobs here, where else are they failing and just haven’t been exposed yet? This isn’t the first time they lied to you, it’s just a time they were caught.
Yes, it could not be more obvious that people fucked up.
Now you have an opportunity to decide whether you're more interested in nurturing your retroactive rage and inciting it in others, or if it might make more sense to reinforce the responsible media behavior that you say you want. In my experience, the latter is more effective and better for mental health.
This isn't "coming clean", it's getting busted. They had a chance at the former several months ago, and they forwent it.
Either way, we won't know for sure until the case is over. So far it's just alleged.
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