• ATDA@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Correction 05/21/24, 1:10 p.m. ET: This article was updated to make clear there is no evidence the Tucker Carlson Network has done a deal with Russian state TV.

    They changed the article title and comment to correctly reflect the report that Russia is just playing his crap which says enough about his ideology. But real lax initial reporting standards…

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      6 months ago

      Damn. The race to be first to report is a problem. It’s worse than the old race you see in movies and tv about broadcast news and newspapers.

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      That’s at least the 3rd time this week I’ve seen a news outlet push a misleading headline in its haste break a story.