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Do you have examples of stories where the facts were "exceedingly, horrendously, tragically bad" and were published without any retraction?
by siloed 4y ago
Do you have examples of stories where the facts were "exceedingly, horrendously, tragically bad" and were published without any retraction?
- ec109685 4y agoHere’s an example: https://twitter.com/Kellen_Browning/status/1429899652745220111?s=20 https://twitter.com/Kellen_Browning/status/14298996527452201... Despite being called out that the data was being misrepresented, they never updated the article. The idea that Russia and a Ukraine supply 25% of the wheat in the world and they don’t correct that is egregious.
- siloed 4y agoThe Chicago bureau chief being off by 6% in a tweet is an example of "exceedingly, horrendously, tragically bad?" The story clearly says "because of Covid." The tweet's claim is "...the statistic is misrepresented. The 13% number only captures people who worked from home BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS." That's exactly what it says in the story. > Do you have examples of stories
- ec109685 4y agoThe writer of the story said only 13% of people worked from home. The real number is 32%.
- natch 4y agoYes I do. And the weasel words don’t help here. Once the damage is done, a retraction cannot undo it. Wen Ho Lee was in solitary confinement for nine months under threat of possible execution for things he did not do based in large part on drama whipped up (and never fully retracted imho, not that that matters one fucking bit for the nine months and other impacts on him and his family) by the early NYT reporting on his case.