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askchapo • 9 months ago

With the recent NYT scandal, what are some other examples of the NYT or similarly "prestigious" news institutions making stuff up or otherwise doing propaganda?

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With the recent NYT scandal, what are some other examples of the NYT or similarly "prestigious" news institutions making stuff up or otherwise doing propaganda?

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askchapo • 9 months ago

Been seeing a lot of libs say they can't trust the NYT and mainstream news any more but I'm sure there's plenty of reasons to not trust them already. Recent or historical examples

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9 months ago
Janet Cooke won a Pulitzer for a fabricated story about an eight-year-old heroin addict

Here's an overview of how the Baltimore Sun misled readers about Freddie Gray's death

Alec Karakatsanis has a bunch of essays about the New York Times lying about crime

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