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The editor of Breitbart admitted their coverage was intentionally dishonest in order to achieve their political objectives. This is the very definition of misi
by panarky 5y ago
The editor of Breitbart admitted their coverage was intentionally dishonest in order to achieve their political objectives.
This is the very definition of misinformation.
Naturally we'll get a Breitbart citation to "prove" that black is white and up is down in a thread about misinformation.
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/the-ongoing-mistreatment-of-right-leaning-news-consumers/549335/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/the-ong...
- all2 5y agoI'd like to know more. That link is from 2017, and the article I posted is from 2021. Do you have a link to the retraction?
- panarky 5y agoRetractions are generally published by news outlets that make mistakes while honestly trying to get it right. Purveyors of intentional misinformation rarely publish retractions. So when you're searching for reliable sources of information, the ones with the most retractions are generally the most trustworthy.
- clairity 5y ago> "So when you're searching for reliable sources of information, the ones with the most retractions are generally the most trustworthy." you imply a gradient of trustworthiness that correlates directly with the number of retractions, but that's highly unlikely given the large number of other variables affecting trustworthiness and retractions (confounders). also, such perspectives promote deceit, giving papers an incentive to increase retractions to enhance perceptions of trustworthiness without actually doing the hard work of being trustworthy. see how easy it is to misinform?