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Fact checking is becoming extremely poor these days, even among reputable/resourceful organizations. I'll skip NYTimes here. For the Verge, I have pointed out
by rs186 1y ago
Fact checking is becoming extremely poor these days, even among reputable/resourceful organizations.
I'll skip NYTimes here. For the Verge, I have pointed out inaccuracies many times in their comment section. Most often, nothing happened. Sometimes, they quietly fixes something, delete my comment and pretend nothing happened.
(And it is laughable they published this piece https://www.theverge.com/politics/777630/wsj-trans-misinformation-charlie-kirk https://www.theverge.com/politics/777630/wsj-trans-misinform.... When I pointed out their own rich history of inaccuracies and retracted reporting, they deleted my comments and flagged my account.)
Guess what's worse? Vergecast. Turns out you don't do fact checking in podcasts! The hosts just ramble whatever they believe is true. And they absolutely do NOT publish corrections after the fact.
I stopped reading Engadget partly for this reason. And I cancelled my Verge subscription for this as well.