• henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      293·
      9 hours ago

      The guardian is usually highly reputable. They’re one of the few left that I would consider reputable. Bit of a shame. At least they retracted it.

    • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
      18·
      9 hours ago

      Idk the retraction is pretty honest. Not to mention, that source may have said things originally, and not wanted to continue to say those same things afterwards for any number of reasons(they were lies or even, they don’t feel comfortable being publicized)

      • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
        16·
        9 hours ago

        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?

        • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
          3·
          8 hours ago

          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

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Genuine question, why? They reported on the information they had, even if it wasn’t flattering to the left. Then they retracted it when the information changed.

      • neatchee@lemmy.world
        10·
        8 hours ago

        My neighbor Steve says he knew Robinson personally, even went to the same church, and it was a brain parasite that caused him to go crazy and shoot someone.

        I’m just gonna print that in the New England Journal of Medicine, because after all, it’s the information I have, and I can always retract it later, right?

        /s 🙄

        Misinformation is deeply dangerous and respectable journalists have a duty not to print bullshit in the first place. Sure, mistakes happen, but we don’t just hand-wave it away with “well, they said sorry sooooo 🤷‍♀️”.

    • ceenote@lemmy.world
      75·
      8 hours ago

      Par for the course for the left

      Edit: I’m talking about receiving misplaced blame