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False Porn-on-CNN Report Shows How Quickly Fake News Spreads (usatoday.com)
Slashdot reader xtsigs writes: "No, despite what you read, CNN did not run porn for 30 minutes Thursday, as was reported by Fox News, the New York Post, Variety and other news organizations, several of which later corrected their stories," reports USA Today. The story goes on to explain how the story started (a single tweet), how it was quickly picked up by media outlets (without verifying if CNN actually did, in truth, broadcast porn), how it was then retracted by some outlets (but not others).
Other outlets jumped on the story of the story while, as of early Saturday morning some sites are still running the original story claiming CNN did, in fact, broadcast 30 minutes of porn.
Other outlets jumped on the story of the story while, as of early Saturday morning some sites are still running the original story claiming CNN did, in fact, broadcast 30 minutes of porn.
Funny that CNN confirmed it. Almost as if this wasn't some sort of completely retarded PR effort to promulgate a "fake" news story and then decry others for reporting on it.
The reality is that they confirmed that they showed it. If their confirmation was a lie, it is on them. They shredded their already non-existant credibility.