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The New York Times regularly issues corrections and itself reported on which sources turned out to be untruthful.
by lern_too_spel 6y ago
The New York Times regularly issues corrections and itself reported on which sources turned out to be untruthful.
- nomel 6y agoI've been surprised by the frequency of corrections, and how difficult it is to find them. I think a browser extension that alerted you when an article you read was corrected would be interesting.
- yawaemworht 6y agoIn the other thread, somebody brought up the fact that the problem with fake news is that even if somebody fact check them, they have already spread and the fact check won't get the same attention and coverage. The thing is, i think the same unfortunately applies to journals as of lately. Too many times I've seen articles which claims that something "allegedly" or "supposedly" happened, or that "anonymous source informed on the matter" claims. Then the article gets either a silent edit, or get a retraction hidden somewhere in another news. After I've been burned by that a few times, sending something to a friend who read my message after several hours, opened the article i linked, and wondered what the hell I was talking about, I started sending them archived versions. What I'm trying to say is that even thought some journals issue corrections, sometimes that's not enought to cover the damage done.