USA Today (routinely used by Fakebook to Fact Check) forced to delete 23 stories...

AProudLefty said:
23 false articles were published. She deceived them. Now they are making sure it won't happen again. So why are you complaining? It's a good thing to self correct.
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Unless they change their policy and actually fact check their "journalists" they have done nothing to solve the issue. Firing one person who got caught doesn't fix the underlying issue that this fake news site was used as an expert source to "fact check" others.

Basically, if you don't start verifying sources on all your stories like a good editor should (historically three separate sources are required by editors before they publish your story) then expect this to be the norm rather than an exception. You should be particularly upset that this "journalism" got into your head and you used it to form your opinions.
 
Damocles said:
Unless they change their policy and actually fact check their "journalists" they have done nothing to solve the issue. Firing one person who got caught doesn't fix the underlying issue that this fake news site was used as an expert source to "fact check" others.

Basically, if you don't start verifying sources on all your stories like a good editor should (historically three separate sources are required by editors before they publish your story) then expect this to be the norm rather than an exception. You should be particularly upset that this "journalism" got into your head and you used it to form your opinions.
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She deceived them. End of story.
 
AProudLefty said:
She deceived them. End of story.
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She deceived far more than "them", she deceived everyone that read the articles and formed opinions from the articles. She provided fictional propaganda that passed through their checks because they did not check, these folks who pretend to "check" others do not themselves verify their own sources. Nobody should be using these folks to check anything or to form an opinion. The idea that we should ignore the far reaching consequences of such an egregious act is IMHO purposeful ignorance.

This is like when CBS just made crap up about Bush and y'all just moved on....
 
Damocles said:
She deceived far more than "them", she deceived everyone that read the articles and formed opinions from the articles. She provided fictional propaganda that passed through their checks because they did not check, these folks who pretend to "check" others do not themselves verify their own sources. Nobody should be using these folks to check anything or to form an opinion. The idea that we should ignore the far reaching consequences of such an egregious act is IMHO purposeful ignorance.

This is like when CBS just made crap up about Bush and y'all just moved on....
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We now know and she resigned. They are working on making sure it won't happen again. Not sure why people are outraged. Fox News deceive their audience and nobody bats an eye. That is pure hypocrisy.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Question:

Why did it take UselessNewsToday 23 articles by this tard of a "journalist" for them to figure this out?

Another question:

Has she been fired yet?
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She resigned last April.

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AProudLefty said:
We now know and she resigned. They are working on making sure it won't happen again. Not sure why people are outraged. Fox News deceive their audience and nobody bats an eye. That is pure hypocrisy.
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I am not "outraged" I am just wondering why you so quietly accept that you form your opinions from trash. "They do it too!" is a confession.
 
Damocles said:
I am not "outraged" I am just wondering why you so quietly accept that you form your opinions from trash.
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I don't even know who the author was. I never read her articles and I am betting not many did either. So it's a nothingburger. Just another faux outrage to rile up Trump base.
 
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