Cross-posted from “The Guardian Retracts Their Coverage of the Shooter Being a Leftist” by @livejamie@lemmy.zip in !chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
Cross-posted from “The Guardian Retracts Their Coverage of the Shooter Being a Leftist” by @livejamie@lemmy.zip in !chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
Why did such an internationally respected english news source go with such flimsy evidence on a topic where the consequences of leaning into rightwing narratives are so high?
Because it’s a live blog.
I don’t think that excuses this.
Same reason they repeat israel’s lies. They are weak.
because none of these major publications aside from propublica and others like it value real journalism because we live in a world that is so full of the lie that getting the story first is more important than getting the story right. the guardian is better than many, but many people who work there came from news orgs that valued speed over accuracy. blame advertisers normalizing shit like getting every news org to investigate who al gore was going to pick for is running mate. a story that required no scoop. we were all gonna find out no matter what