• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s the problem with media today.

      I truly don’t blame you for not knowing. There were huge headlines for the initial story, and then smaller headlines on the retraction. Then even after the retraction people that KNOW it was retracted still spread it because Issacson must be lying.

      Its not just Elon, this happens everywhere.

      Get the big headlines, and bury the corrections or clarifications.

      Granted, in this case I don’t think Issacson was malicious in his original reporting, but it really often is malicious