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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 117 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

What's that old quote? "A lie can make it around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes", or something like that? I believe that was pre-internet too.

It also happens with politics. I constantly see provocative headlines get lots of attention in one circle, and then the later corrections only get passed around in the opposite circle, if at all.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look at just yesterday. One clickbait site said Beyonce was going to perform at the dnc, and by the time the truth and correction made it around it was already past time

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We desperately need a return of journalistic ethics and bland, just-the-facts news.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is why in prefer NPR and BBC

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call those the most reliable. Better than some

[–] UmeU@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What’s more reliable than NPR?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nothing is reliable that's the problem. NPR is a propaganda machine. There are worse ones to be far

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Critical thinking and media literacy. Just 2 days ago I heard NPR try to gaslight me that Gaza wasn’t a genocide.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm so sick of these bloodthirty zionist bastards running everything

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Plus those corrections only show up as a footnote on articles without it being altered or removed. Its laughable.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's weird. Ideally you should put it right next to the title, that there has been an addendum and the following might be incorrect/outdated.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That depends on what your goal is, I think

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd consider the goal be to:

  1. Keep the original article for historical and reference purposes
  2. Make sure that anyone who only cared to read the first sentence, didn't leave with confident misinformation.
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Your goals are too honest for mass media 😅

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Its even worse in science. Lots of crazy headlines that are later debunked quietly

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

those headlines can also be debunked loudly and yet, anti-vaxxers still exist, somehow

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I wasn't talking about vaccinations. I was talking about fusion and other buzzy topics.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Generally that's news media misconstruing science.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which directly impacts funding

That's the big issue. If a project doesn't have big headlines frequently it is killed.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I think more likely is that the news outlets need the revenue from clicks, and are willing to trade their reputation to get them. Accurate science journalism doesn't pay, capitalism is a race to the bottom.