They know they've achieved their goal, so it doesn't fucking matter anymore. Pieces of shit.
Nobody reads the retractions. Say any goddamn thing you like. Print the retractions on page 13 in small print three days later.
This is probably the first small change I’d make to make journalism less shit - If you have to print a retraction, you have to do it one level elevated from where the original story was.
If the original story was on page 2, the retraction is the front page headline. If the original story was front page, the retraction is the front page and a header on every other page. If it was on the front page of your website it needs to be a disclaimer above every article for a week. If you said the lie on Friday afternoon cable, your main block the next 2 nights should be about your retraction and how you fucked up as well as the next Friday afternoon and evening slots. If you posted the lie on Twitter, you have to spend a day where all you post is “Retraction - We got this wrong” and no new posts.
Yeah at this point it's completely factored into the propaganda
This fucking war has enraged me to no end.
So much sensationalism that ends up being straight from someones ass, yet NO ONE bothers to cross check it, or even focus on anything else about the situation that led to the war.
And when they are proved as false, still NO ONE cares anymore.
People should be ashamed for falling for all this too
X happened
X didn't happen but the fact that I could think that it would makes it just as bad
