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Yeah, and they corrected the error themselves and published the correction. This is why they are trustworthy. Making a mistake is not the same as lying.

colechristensen 8y ago
Corrections are often the result of external people pointing out errors. Who said anything about lying?
- hannasanarion 8y ago
  "External people pointing out errors"? How is that any worse than this hare-brained software idea? You still have to wait for somebody with the corrected information to hear of the story and recommend an edit. This is just adding a middleman that doesn't add value.
Veen 8y ago
Making a mistake is not lying, but it is a moral failing to promulgate fiction as fact because it accords with your preferred narrative, especially when it's done by the media, who are trusted because they are supposed to practice restraint and good judgment.
- hannasanarion 8y ago
  And when has "mainstream media" ever "promulgated fiction as fact"? This thread started with an acklowledgement that intentional errors, exceptions, or mischaracterizations are exceedingly rare in well-reputed news outlets.
  - colechristensen 8y ago
    Frequently "the news" puts telling a good story ahead of Truth. That is, they don't tell the most informative version of the story but the most compelling version or up/downplaying a story based on bias. This doesn't involve outright untruths or even significant manipulation of facts. It does involve things like cherry-picking facts, quotes, and statistics that paint the desired picture without drawing conclusions while the reader's intended conclusion is obvious.
Konnstann 8y ago
One narrative is that News outlets knowingly put out false or incomplete information because nobody cares about edits or retractions after the first day or so. They get clicks from outraged people and then after the cpm drops off they edit the story with the real facts, to claim that it was a "mistake". Kind of conspiratorial, but given the political bias of a lot of media outlets not completely out of question.

colechristensen 8y ago

Corrections are often the result of external people pointing out errors. Who said anything about lying?

hannasanarion 8y ago
"External people pointing out errors"? How is that any worse than this hare-brained software idea? You still have to wait for somebody with the corrected information to hear of the story and recommend an edit. This is just adding a middleman that doesn't add value.

Veen 8y ago

Making a mistake is not lying, but it is a moral failing to promulgate fiction as fact because it accords with your preferred narrative, especially when it's done by the media, who are trusted because they are supposed to practice restraint and good judgment.

hannasanarion 8y ago
And when has "mainstream media" ever "promulgated fiction as fact"? This thread started with an acklowledgement that intentional errors, exceptions, or mischaracterizations are exceedingly rare in well-reputed news outlets.
- colechristensen 8y ago
  Frequently "the news" puts telling a good story ahead of Truth. That is, they don't tell the most informative version of the story but the most compelling version or up/downplaying a story based on bias. This doesn't involve outright untruths or even significant manipulation of facts. It does involve things like cherry-picking facts, quotes, and statistics that paint the desired picture without drawing conclusions while the reader's intended conclusion is obvious.

Konnstann 8y ago

One narrative is that News outlets knowingly put out false or incomplete information because nobody cares about edits or retractions after the first day or so. They get clicks from outraged people and then after the cpm drops off they edit the story with the real facts, to claim that it was a "mistake". Kind of conspiratorial, but given the political bias of a lot of media outlets not completely out of question.