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Unclear. Was the story accurate?

vurpo 10y ago
All the CNN porn stories' sources trace back to one single tweet by one user on Twitter. That's the only original source we have on the CNN porn thing ever happening. According to these articles, there was porn on CNN over large parts of the east coast, for 30 minutes. 30 minutes of porn on CNN in significant parts of the US, on Thanksgiving evening, and only one person noticed it and decided to post anything about it online? That smells very suspicious.
- mrdrozdov 10y ago
  Thanks. According to Snopes, the story is False [1]. It's pretty ridiculous that "credible" news sources can write a story like this and then take no responsibility when it's wrong. I don't think it's enough to just correct a story after the fact. There should be a fine or search engine punishment, or something along these lines. For instance, I read this story earlier on Variety and it was presented as fact. If you go back to the same url [2] the story and headline have completely changed. Previous Headline: Cable Operator Snafu in Boston Leads to Porn Airing on CNN... Current Headline: CNN, RCN Deny Reports of Porn Airing on Channel in Boston [1]: http://www.snopes.com/cnn-half-hour-porn/ http://www.snopes.com/cnn-half-hour-porn/ [2]: http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/cnn-porn-boston-rcn-cable-operator-1201926702/ http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/cnn-porn-boston-rcn-cable...
  - dingaling 10y ago
    > According to Snopes, the story is False. But according to the content page, Snopes does't know. It's probably or most likely false but CNN and RCN are still investigating, so we don't know for certain. But just as some news are keen to run with any rumour as news, Snopes seems keen to mark rumours as False as quickly as possible for the same reason; put content online that gets clicks.
    - mrdrozdov 10y ago
      What is the content page?
  - grrowl 10y ago
    It feels like news should run with [unverified] tags until multiple sources are found.
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vurpo 10y ago

All the CNN porn stories' sources trace back to one single tweet by one user on Twitter. That's the only original source we have on the CNN porn thing ever happening. According to these articles, there was porn on CNN over large parts of the east coast, for 30 minutes. 30 minutes of porn on CNN in significant parts of the US, on Thanksgiving evening, and only one person noticed it and decided to post anything about it online? That smells very suspicious.

mrdrozdov 10y ago
Thanks. According to Snopes, the story is False [1]. It's pretty ridiculous that "credible" news sources can write a story like this and then take no responsibility when it's wrong. I don't think it's enough to just correct a story after the fact. There should be a fine or search engine punishment, or something along these lines. For instance, I read this story earlier on Variety and it was presented as fact. If you go back to the same url [2] the story and headline have completely changed. Previous Headline: Cable Operator Snafu in Boston Leads to Porn Airing on CNN... Current Headline: CNN, RCN Deny Reports of Porn Airing on Channel in Boston [1]: http://www.snopes.com/cnn-half-hour-porn/ http://www.snopes.com/cnn-half-hour-porn/ [2]: http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/cnn-porn-boston-rcn-cable-operator-1201926702/ http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/cnn-porn-boston-rcn-cable...
- dingaling 10y ago
  > According to Snopes, the story is False. But according to the content page, Snopes does't know. It's probably or most likely false but CNN and RCN are still investigating, so we don't know for certain. But just as some news are keen to run with any rumour as news, Snopes seems keen to mark rumours as False as quickly as possible for the same reason; put content online that gets clicks.
  - mrdrozdov 10y ago
    What is the content page?
- grrowl 10y ago
  It feels like news should run with [unverified] tags until multiple sources are found.
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