This quote from the article seems to answer your question: > Even if porn was aired on CNN, it’s clear that a lot of publications ran with a story based on twe

This quote from the article seems to answer your question: > Even if porn was aired on CNN, it’s clear that a lot of publications ran with a story based on tweets from one person before verifying the facts. They are condemning the race to be first at the expense of verification. "Fake news" might be an annoying buzz word, but I strongly support the main point of their article: journalistic integrity requires checking your source. Edit: However, I guess we both will agree with how shalmanese described the situation above (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13041290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13041290)