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Buzzfeed was once notorious for traffic-generating “listicles”, but has since become an impressive outlet for deep investigative journalism under editor-in-chief Ben Smith. That outlet was prominently in the news this week thanks to its “bombshell” story about President Trump and Michael Cohen: a story that, like so many others of its kind, blew up in its face, this time when the typically mute Robert Mueller’s office took the extremely rare step to label its key claims “inaccurate.”
But in homage to BuzzFeed’s past viral glory, following are the top ten worst media failures in two-plus-years of Trump/Russia reporting. They are listed in reverse order, as measured by the magnitude of the embarrassment, the hysteria they generated on social media and cable news, the level of journalistic recklessness that produced them, and the amount of damage and danger they caused. This list was extremely difficult to compile in part because news outlets (particularly CNN and MSNBC) often delete from the internet the video segments of their most embarrassing moments. Even more challenging was the fact that the number of worthy nominees is so large that highly meritorious entrees had to be excluded, but are acknowledged at the end with (dis)honorable mention status.
Read the article it list 10 MSM stories that were wrong. Its pretty sad that journalism has fallen so far. You just don't know what to trust these days.
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/20/beyond-buzzfeed-the-10-worst-most-embarrassing-u-s-media-failures-on-the-trumprussia-story/
There are approximately 1400 newspapers and 374 24-hour news stations in the US, to say nothing of the ~100 news programs on the air, all releasing thousands and thousands of stories every day. And trump supporters are smirking over the ten wrong stories released in the past two years.
Meanwhile, Trump has made 8158 false and misleading statements in those same two years, and Republicans shrug like that doesn't matter in the least.
Priorities!
Whataboutism saves the massive trust in the MSM yet again.
There are approximately 1400 newspapers and 374 24-hour news stations in the US, to say nothing of the ~100 news programs on the air, all releasing thousands and thousands of stories every day. And trump supporters are smirking over the ten wrong stories released in the past two years.
Meanwhile, Trump has made 8158 false and misleading statements in those same two years. Regarding Russia, Trump has outright defrauded the American public on his business dealings running up to his election, as well as having lied on too many Russian-related matters to count, and Republicans shrug like that doesn't matter in the least.
Priorities!
Just pointing out trump supporters' massive hypocrisy.
Just pointing out trump supporters' massive hypocrisy.
Compare the trust and approval ratings of Trump and the MSM. Both may suck but which is worse?
Compare the trust and approval ratings of Trump and the MSM. Both may suck but which is worse?
We're only stuck with Trump for a few more years.
The intercept was able to dig up ten incorrect stories from the past two years and the Washington Post was able to dig up 8158 false and misleading statements from that same time period, so you tell me.
Perhaps, 10 and 8158 seem like the same number to you, in which case I can't help you.
It's far easier to change the channel than to change the POTUS.
The intercept was able to dig up ten incorrect stories from the past two years
Like I said, whataboutism can fix nearly anything.
You can’t stand the truth :lol: The article is well documented.I saw the Intercept and knew automatically it would be Glenn Greenwald.
No thanks.
You can’t stand the truth :lol: The article is well documented.
Read the article it list 10 MSM stories that were wrong. Its pretty sad that journalism has fallen so far. You just don't know what to trust these days.
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/20/beyond-buzzfeed-the-10-worst-most-embarrassing-u-s-media-failures-on-the-trumprussia-story/
Sadly, it cannot fix your hypocrisy.
"Pointing out hypocrisy" is everybody's bull**** rationalization for the use of whataboutism. Either you intend to address the topic of the debate or you don't.
You can’t stand the truth :lol: The article is well documented.
Read the article it list 10 MSM stories that were wrong. Its pretty sad that journalism has fallen so far. You just don't know what to trust these days.
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/20/beyond-buzzfeed-the-10-worst-most-embarrassing-u-s-media-failures-on-the-trumprussia-story/
Like I said, whataboutism can fix nearly anything.
The intercept was able to dig up ten incorrect stories from the past two years and the Washington Post was able to dig up 8158 false and misleading statements from that same time period, so you tell me.
Perhaps, 10 and 8158 seem like the same number to you, in which case I can't help you.
...BTW, we know the Mueller team chose to tell us that the Buzzfeed article was inaccurate. They did not categorically dismiss it as wrong or off base. There was a good reason for them to throw a little water on the fire as it seemed congress was getting over their skis, which could be damaging for the effectiveness of the Mueller investigation. It may be a while before we better understand where the Buzzfeed article missed the marked. Inaccurate is not the same thing as wrong or off base. We will just have to wait and see...
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