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So instead they prove the conspiracy folks right that the media is willing to scrub proof of inaccurate reporting.

• Operyl 3y ago
  The point I’m making is that no matter what you do, a conspiracy theorist is going to twist the narrative to fit their world view.
  • generalizations 3y ago
    Well, the world view in this case is 'the media lies' - and that's correct in this case (though it wasn't intentional).
    • vkou 3y ago
      Whereas the sources spoon-feeding them this attitude are, of course, unimpeachable. (They don't redact, or admit fault.) I generally find that anyone expecting error-free perfection in any subjective field from an entire industry can be safely dismissed as a complete idiot. Intelligent people look at the processes that produce outcomes, not the outcomes. (In this case, the process that produced the outcome was a former DDG employee mailing in an oped of incredibly questionable quality that criticized a DDG competitor, that was eventually pulled. Wired should look into reading op-eds before publishing them.)
• 0ct4via 3y ago
  If they admit it's "inaccurate" / "does not meet [their] editorial standards" then it's hardly "scrubbing proof"... Admitting it was trash is proof of inaccurate reporting, whether they remove TFA or not As for the conspiracy folks, they'll think what they want, regardless of evidence presented to them. That's the whole point.